Georges Sylvain (1866–1925) was a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an poet, lawyer and diplomat. Born in Puerto Plata,

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

, Sylvain studied in his native city before attending school in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and receiving a law degree. After returning to Haiti, he founded a law school and two periodicals, ''La Patrie'' and, in 1922, ''l'Union Patriotique''. He was a member of the literary society ''

La Ronde La Ronde may refer to: Geography * La Ronde, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'', France * La Ronde River, on the Caribbean island of Dominica *La Ronde (amusement park), Montreal, Quebec, Canada *A La Ronde, an ...

'' and was involved in other literary activities. He published ''Confidences et Mélancolies'' (1901), a compilation of twenty-nine poems. He was the father of the anthropologist Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, physician Yvonne Sylvain, and the sociologist and feminist Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau.

References

* 1866 births 1925 deaths Haitian diplomats 19th-century Haitian lawyers Haitian male poets 19th-century Haitian poets 20th-century Haitian poets 19th-century male writers 20th-century male writers 20th-century Haitian lawyers {{Haiti-diplomat-stub