2 10 739 https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/930b956ff3e13093ceeb43b3046ba59c.jpg e18f906100ce6a1d98b3c22c1429cf1b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marvelous Realism of the Haitians Label Image https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/0a3b23f7ef5230ee41cab3a3aa454e79.jpg 9802f375a70bfa4d1ace62425e4c3485 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mi compadre el general Sol Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexis, Jacques Stéphen, 1922-1961 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Santo Domingo : Editora Taller Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 Language A language of the resource Spanish French Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Compère Général Soleil Extent The size or duration of the resource. 296 pages ; 21 cm. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Alexis, J. S. (1976). Mi compadre el general Sol ([4. edición en español].). [Editora Taller]. https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/5a363c47ac606bef09c041c63e56f134.jpg 90fecc7ecbd0196f2f367b5c4893a167 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 22 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black liberator ; the life of Toussaint Louverture Subject The topic of the resource Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexis, Stéphen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York : Macmillan Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1949 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 227 pages : illustrations, portraits, map (on lining-papers) ; 22 cm Language A language of the resource English Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived An abridged translation of the author's Toussaint Louverture, libérateur d'Haiti. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. oussaint Louverture, libérateur d'Haiti. Toussaint Louverture https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/a5383cbaa6c49f75ebf434bdddc83911.jpg bac848742d822067f79275794f02db48 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ruche (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) Subject The topic of the resource Youth -- Haiti Socialism -- Haiti Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Parti démocratique populaire de la jeunesse haïtienne. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Port-au-Prince : publisher not identified 1. année, no 1 (7 déc. 1945)- Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource volumes : illustrations Language A language of the resource French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Title from caption. Published by Imp. Haiti journal, <1 mai 1946-> Master negative held by the Center for Research Libraries. Issued irregularly. Issue for 15 déc. 1945 and issue for 1 janv. 1946 both called: 1. année, no 2. Issue for 1 janv. 1946 also called: Édition speciale. Latest issue consulted: 2. année, no 42 (9 déc. 1946) Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Available in other form: Online version: Ruche (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) Later Title: Nouvelle ruche Date Created Date of creation of the resource. December 1945 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Microfiche. 1.année:no 1-2.année:no 42 (7 déc. 1945-9 déc. 1946) Port-au-Prince, Haiti : Filmed for the Latin American Microfilming Project at Bibliothèque haïtienne de l'Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague [by] Haiti Microfilm Center, 1985. 4 microfiches. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Ruche (Port-au-Prince, Haiti). (1945). [publisher not identified]. Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. "Organe de la jeune génération." https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/0133a8a27fbb91561dcb31710aa78949.jpg 73d17fc65103808e5e0aee7e4288b3ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "L'Empereur Dessalines voulait libérer les Iles Françaises de l'Amérique" Subject The topic of the resource Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806 Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 Haiti -- History -- 1804-1844 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexis, Stéphen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Port-au-Prince: [Imp. de l'état] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943 Language A language of the resource French Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. "L'Empereur Dessalines voulait libérer les Iles Françaises de l'Amérique" par Stéphen Alexis. Cahiers d'Haïti. Port-au-Prince: [Imp. de l'état], 1943. Print. https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/afe74522d248cfd39bf31db5a371c39c.jpg 95d7b8615f63f1764d1a61d069c84199 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 16 pages ; 22 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jan-Jak Desalin, 1758-1806 Subject The topic of the resource Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806 Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 Haiti -- History -- 1804-1844 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Port-au-Prince, Haïti : Editions H. Deschanps Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [1990s] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 16 pages ; 22 cm Language A language of the resource Haitian Creole Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Jan-Jak Desalin, 1758-1806. (1990). Editions H. Deschanps. Dessalines Haitian Independence https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/af62fb91dac6d2b0f79005396893ce41.jpg d09036f926ae942a7bb90cbbc63a3d2b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Introduction Description An account of the resource “Remembering Jacques Stéphen Alexis: A Centenary Celebration” commemorates the centennial anniversary of the birth of Jacques Stéphen Alexis (1922– -1961), renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, activist, and neurologist born in Gonaïve, Haiti. Alexis’s lineage stretches back to the birth of the nation as a descendent of General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was one of the primary leaders of the battle for independence culminating in the establishment of the first Black republic in 1804. Alexis followed in the footsteps of family members who were known for their intellectual and political engagement, as well as their fiery advocacy for the equal flourishing of all the people of their native land regardless of their station in life. Alexis’ life and literary works were intimately bound to freedom and to the struggles of the working class. In 1946 he led a successful student strike—soon joined by workers, civil servants, and businesses—against the government of then Haitian president, Elie Lescot. Alexis wrote four novels, “Compère Général Soleil” / “General Sun, My Brother” (1955), “Les arbres musiciens” / “The Musician Trees” (1957), “L’Espace d’un cillement” / “In the Flicker of an Eyelid” (1959), and “Romancero aux étoiles” / “The Romance With Stars” (1960). Throughout these, a rich set of characters incarnate the political and social struggles of land expropriation of farmers producing food crops, the indifference and failures of the national elites and foreign occupation, and the perilous migration to other countries. The literary pieces are anchored in the reality of the common people striving for agency over their own lives. The works on display are a testimony not only to the linguistic genius of Jacques Stéphen Alexis, but also to his profound understanding of the complexities of human nature and the experiences of marginalized people. Subject The topic of the resource Alexis, Jacques Stéphen, 1922-1961. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Duval-Carrié, Edouard, 1954- artist. Beatrice Colastin Skokan, 1970-author. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource University of Miami Libraries, Creative Department. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Miami Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-2024 https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/219609d57de02871e94b3f742cfc4dfa.jpg f2c7f25ba194e3aeb3feefd197f1dfdf Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jacques Stéphen Alexis, 1922-1961. Haitian novelist, essayist, activist, and neurologist. Subject The topic of the resource Alexis, Jacques Stéphen, 1922-1961. Description An account of the resource April 22, 1922, Jacques Stéphen Alexis is born in Gonaïve, Haiti to Lydia Nuñez and Stéphen Alexis during the American occupation of Haiti (1915-1934). 1926, Alexis starts his elementary education at the Collège Stanislas de Paris, France when his father Stéphen Alexis is appointed Haitian ambassador to France. He returns with his family to Haiti in 1929 and completes his elementary education. 1930s Négritude, a literary, and political movement affirming the African cultural heritage takes shape in Parisian gatherings at Le Salon de Clamart amongst African, American, and Caribbean diaspora intellectuals. Négritude leaders include sisters Paulette, and Jeanne Nardal – founding members of the Revue du Monde Noir (1931-1932) - Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Léon Damas to name a few who also founded L’Étudiant Noir (1934). The intellectual exchanges are inspired by the 1804 Haitian revolution, Pan-Africanism, and the Harlem Renaissance writers such as Langston Hughes who travels to Haiti in 1931. 1934 United States occupation of Haiti ends (1915-1934). 1937 Massacre of Haitian civilians living in the Dominican Republic under the presidency of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (1930-1961). 1939 World War II onset. 1940 Alexis graduates from high school from the Institution Saint Louis de Gonzague, a private catholic school of the Brothers of Christian Education in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and begins to study medicine at the Faculté de Médecine in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At 18, he starts to contribute to journals such as Le Caducée and later to Cahiers d’Haiti. 1942 Jacques Stéphen Alexis meets Jacques Roumain (1907-1944), Haitian author of the classic novel, Masters of the Dew (translated by Langston Hughes and Mercer Cook in 1947) and director of the Bureau d’Ethnologie (Office of Ethnology). Alexis also meets Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989) during the latter’s visit to Haiti between September and October of that year. Both Roumain and Guillén were intent on reifying the African cultural heritage of their respective countries, a focus of great interest to the young Jacques Stéphen Alexis. 1943, Alexis and his classmate, soon to be famous poet René Depestre, attend a lecture by Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), renown Cuban author of El reino de este mundo /The Kingdom of This World (1949) during his visit to Haiti. Carpentier’ s novel is inspired by the Haitian revolution under the leadership of Toussaint Louverture and exemplifies his interest in African culture within the Caribbean. 1945 Alexis and Depestre publish the journal, La Ruche, a weekly student newspaper expressing the social foment of the times. The December 7th issue headlines: Here We Are! and the Rise of a Generation reflect the vision of embolden young intellectuals. The front-page headline also includes a warm and laudatory welcome to the leader of French surréalisme, André Breton who visits Haiti in December of that year. 1945 World War II ends 1946 Alexis and Depestre lead a successful student strike against then Haitian president, Élie Lescot (1941 – 1946) who goes into exile. At the time, Lescot is known for his controversial agreement with the United States for the failed cultivation of the nonnative cryptostegia grandiflora vine in Haiti to produce rubber at the expense of displaced Haitian farmers working to produce food crops. 1946 Alexis travels to Paris to start medical school with a scholarship. He specializes in neurology at the Salpêtrière teaching Hospital. In Paris, he imbues himself in surrealist, existentialist, and négritude cultural circles. 1955 Compère Général Soleil / General Sun, My Brother /El compadre general Sol Alexis first novel is published in France by Gallimard with favorable reviews. The work will be translated in Spanish in Havana, Cuba in 1947and translated in English in 1992 by Carrol G. Coates. 1956 Alexis’ lectures on the Marvelous Realism of the Haitians at the First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists at the Sorbonne in Paris. 1957 Les Arbres musiciens / The musician trees, is published in Collection "blanche”, «L’Imaginaire», Paris, Gallimard. 1957 François Duvalier, a former rural doctor becomes president of Haiti. 1958 Alexis founds the Parti d’Entente Populaire/Party of Popular Accord and helps in the organization of the Union Intersyndicale Haitienne/Union of Haitian Trade Unions. 1959 L’Espace d’un cillement / In the Flicker of an Eyelid is published. 1960 Romancéro aux étoiles, Collection "blanche", «L'Imaginaire», Paris, Gallimard, a collection of “marvelous” short stories is published. 1961 Alexis disappears in April of that year in Northern Haiti without leaving a trace. 1999 General Sun, My brother, translated in English by Carrol F. Coates, University Press of Virginia. 2002 In the Flicker of an Eyelid, translated by Edwidge Danticat & Carol F. Coates, University of Virginia Press. 2017 L’Étoile Absinthe, followed by La Balade du Léopard Solitaire, Paris, Zulma. 2018 Jacques Stéphen Alexis receives posthumously the first Jean d’Ormesson literary award for In the Flicker of an Eyelid in Paris. « In this novel, In the Flicker of an Eyelid, the characters do not meet each other at just any street corner, on just any mountain slope, or on just any shore of our Caribbean. According to your own expression, they are the leaders at the head of the roped party on the mountain of Radiant Human Love… (J.S. Alexis, La belle amour humaine.”) Letter to Jacques Soleil by Florence Alexis, Gallimard 1983 edition of L’espace d’un cillement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/96e67f9ebc2f34ff913c8a7d1d022859.jpg f451d8b17e765b7b9da363ea17daef47 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Le nègre masqué : roman : tranche de vie haïtienne Subject The topic of the resource Fiction Haiti Haiti Fiction Haitian fiction Black authors West Indian fiction (French) Black author Description An account of the resource Stéphen Alexis was a Haitian writer, activist, diplomat, and the father of Jacques Stéphen Alexis. His letter, to his friend Antoine Rigal, is referring to their respective imprisonments during the American occupation. Alexis dedicated the book to the Haitian revolt led by Charlemagne Péralte, and his followers called the “Cacos” against the American occupation of Haiti (1915–1934). My dear Antoine Rigal, Do you remember that accursed afternoon, when in the hell of the Rue du Centre—you too, prisoner of the American occupation—dropped, while passing by the fence of the dungeon where I was almost dying of hunger, a piece of bread? It was in June 1918. I had been, at the beginning of the month, arrested at Ennery and brought to Port-au-Prince, by a transport of the American navy, the “Potomac”, under the pretext that I was going to echo the heroic revolt of Charlemagne Péralte against the oppressor. You have certainly not forgotten this painful period of our life. As gratitude for that piece of bread, I would have dedicated this work to you that contains a few scenes, torn from a terrible reality, if the memory of the legendary hero, so dear to both of us, did not prohibit your name at the frontispiece of this book that is less a novel than a succession of little human documents. Cordially, Stéphen Alexis Port-au-Prince, December 10th, 1933. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexis, Stéphen, author. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource English translation of excerpt by Béatrice Colastin Skokan, Libraries, University of Miami. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Miami, Florida : Butterfly Publications. First edition published: Port-au-Price, Haïti : Imprimerie de l'État, 1933. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 236 pages ; 23 cm. Language A language of the resource French Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. First edition published: Port-au-Price, Haïti : Imprimerie de l'État, 1933. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Alexis, S. (2013). Le nègre masqué : roman : tranche de vie haïtienne. Butterfly Publications. https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/ed8101f8f7de6cd0004c4ce5299459d2.jpg 58d0dad3271f9fc889a95929b412a0c1 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource IntranQu'îllités : revue littéraire et artistique. Subject The topic of the resource Haitian literature -- 21st century Art, Haitian -- 21st century Description An account of the resource "I will not have a lot of time, unfortunately! To continue, from afar, my inalienable paternal duty … See my little daughter, I can give you something I know well, since I have desperately sought and found it, while continuing to seek it, this is the meaning of the purity of the heart, of the love of life, of the warmth of people … Yes, I have always approached life with a pure heart. See it is simple, Florence … And more than anything … never forget that a human being is not only arms, legs, and hands, but above all else an intelligence. I would not like for you to allow your intelligence to slumber. When one’s intelligence slumbers it rusts, like a nail and then one is mean spirited without ever knowing …" J.S. Alexis Havana, January 11, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Noël, editor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Pétionville, Haïti : Passagers des vents. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Language A language of the resource French Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. IntranQu’îllités : revue littéraire et artistique. (2012). Passagers des vents. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource English translation of excerpt by Béatrice Colastin Skokan, Libraries, University of Miami.