Roussan Camille

haiti, poet, negritude, nedje, jacmel

Born Aug 27, 1912

Jacmel, Haiti

Passed Away Dec 07, 1961 Jacmel, Haiti

Lifespan 49 years old

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"Nedje, your dance carried the sorrow of our stolen shores across the smoke of foreign nights."

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Prominent Haitian poet, journalist, and diplomat whose poem 'Nedje' became an international classic of the Négritude movement.

Biographical Record

Roussan Camille was a distinguished lyrical poet, essayist, and diplomat from Jacmel who played an influential role in Caribbean anti-colonial literature.

Serving as Haiti's consul in Paris and later diplomat in New York, Camille published his celebrated poetry collection 'Assaut à la nuit' in 1940, containing the immortal poem 'Nedje', which lamented the exploitation of Black dancers in Casablanca.

Praised warmly by Langston Hughes and Aimé Césaire, Camille's verse combined intimate lyrical melancholy with passionate pan-African anti-imperialist solidarity.

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Final Resting Place

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Jacmel Municipal Cemetery
Jacmel, Haiti

                         GPS: 18.2333, -72.5333                    

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