Literature & Ideas
Distinguished
Frankétienne
1936 – 2025
Author of the first novel in Haitian Creole
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Haiti Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A writer, painter and playwright who published Dézafi (1975), the first novel written in Haitian Creole.
Frankétienne co-founded the literary movement of spiralism and remained in Haiti through the Duvalier years, producing a vast body of writing, theatre and paintings.
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