Jacques Roumain

Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944).

Born June 4th, 1907 in Port-au-Prince.

Died August 18th, 1944 at 37 years old in Port-au-Prince (cardiovascular disease).

Occupations
journalist, poet, politician, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde