Justin Chrysostome Dorsainvil (1880–1942), also known as J.C. Dorsainvil, 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 author and educator. 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 ...

, Dorsainvil worked as a teacher and wrote books on such topics as science, politics, history, and Haitian society. Several of his books explored the Haitian religion of Vodou.

Selected works

* ''Vaudou et Névrose'' (1931), English: ''Voodoo and Neurosis'' * ''Une Explication Philologique du Vaudou'' (1924), English: ''A Philological Explanation of Voodoo'' * ''Vaudou et Magie'' (1937), English: ''Voodoo and Magic'' * ''Le Problème de l'Enseignement Primaire en Haïti'' (1922), English: ''The Problem of Primary Education in Haiti'' * ''Quelques Vues Politiques et Morales'' (1934), English: ''Some Views of Policies and Morals''

References

* 1880 births 1942 deaths Haitian educators Haitian non-fiction writers People from Port-au-Prince 20th-century non-fiction writers Haitian male non-fiction writers {{Haiti-writer-stub