Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917) was a

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an writer and politician. Born in

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, Marcelin was best known for the three novels ''Marilisse'' (1903), ''La Vengeance de Mama'' (1902), and ''Thémistocle Epaminondas Labasterre'' (1901). Along with his contemporaries Fernand Hibbert and

Justin Lhérisson Justin Lhérisson (10 February 1873, in Port-au-Prince – 15 November 1907) was a Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher. He is best known for two novels, ''La Famille des Pititecaille'' (1905) and ''Zoune Chez sa Ninnaine'' (1906), and f ...

he worked to establish a uniquely Haitian novel. He also wrote an essay on the National Bank of Haiti, ''Haïti et sa Banque Nationale'' (1896), and another on the "Finance and Commerce Department", (''Le Départment des Finances et du Commerce d'Haïti'') (1896). He was

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1892-1895 and 1905-1908.

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* 1848 births 1917 deaths 20th-century Haitian novelists Foreign Ministers of Haiti Finance ministers of Haiti Haitian male novelists Haitian politicians People from Port-au-Prince 20th-century male writers {{Haiti-politician-stub