Jean Fouchard (

Port au Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defin ...

, 2 March 1912 - ''ibidem'', 30 September 1990) 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 historian, journalist, and diplomat. Fouchard was born in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

and earned a law degree there. He worked as a journalist, founding the periodical ''La Relèvé'', and as a diplomat, serving as the ambassador to Cuba. He is best known for his historical publications.

Selected works

* ''Les Marrons du Syllabaire'' (1953) * ''Plaisirs de Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Le Théâtre à Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Artistes et Répertoires des Scènes de Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Les Marrons de la Liberté'' (1972). English translation: ''The Haitian Maroons: Liberty or Death'' (1981), with a preface by C. L. R. James * ''Langue et Littérature des Aborigènes d'Ayiti'' (1972)

References

* 1912 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Haitian historians Haitian male writers Haitian journalists People from Port-au-Prince Ambassadors of Haiti to Cuba 20th-century male writers 20th-century journalists {{Haiti-diplomat-stub