Coriolan Ardouin (11 December 1812 – 12 July 1835) was a

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. Ardouin left only one work before his early death: a compilation of poems entitled ''Reliques d'un Poète Haïtien'' (''Relics of a Haitian Poet''), published posthumously in 1837. Ardouin lived a life of tragedy. As he was born, his two-year-old brother lay dying in another room. He was orphaned at age 15 and subsequently lost his older sister as well. His wife died after five months of marriage and his own death followed soon after. A legend tells that a black butterfly landed on Ardouin's cradle at his birth, a bad omen signaling the miseries to come. Coriolan Ardouin's brothers, Beaubrun and

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, were well known as historians and politicians. The three Ardouin brothers, along with the Nau brothers, Emile and

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, were members of the literary society "

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," which was founded by Ignace Nau

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* 1812 births 1835 deaths 19th-century Haitian poets Haitian male poets People from Port-au-Prince 19th-century male writers Coriolan {{Haiti-writer-stub