Jacques Stephen Alexis
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Jacques Stephen Alexis 🇭🇦

Jacques Stephen Alexis
haiti, novelist, marvellous realism, compere general soleil, martyr
Born Apr 22, 1922 🇭🇦 Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti
Passed Away Apr 22, 1961 Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti
Lifespan 39 years old
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"Realism in our Caribbean cannot be cold; it must be marvellous, vibrating with the magical soul of the people."

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Master Haitian novelist, neurologist, and literary theorist who formulated 'Marvellous Realism', author of 'Compère Général Soleil'.

Biographical Record

Jacques Stephen Alexis was a brilliant novelist, physician, and revolutionary militant whose literary innovations anticipated the Latin American Magical Realism boom.

A leading participant in the 1946 'Revolution of the Five Glorious Days', Alexis studied neurology in Paris before presenting his famous paper on 'Marvellous Realism' at the 1956 First Congress of Black Writers and Artists.

His classic novels, including 'Compère Général Soleil' and 'Les Arbres Musiciens', captured the tragic grandeur of Haitian life. Landing clandestinely in Haiti in April 1961 to oppose the François Duvalier dictatorship, he was captured, tortured, and murdered by the Tonton Macoutes.

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Môle-Saint-Nicolas (unmarked grave)
Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti
GPS: 19.8000, -73.4000
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