About Roussan Camille
Lived 1912 – 1961 (aged 49). Roussan Camille was a Haitian journalist, poet, diplomat and writer.
Roussan Camille (27 August 1912 – 7 December 1961) was a Haitian poet, journalist, and diplomat.
Biography Born in Jacmel, he was educated at the Christian Brothers' School, the Lycée Pinchinat of Jacmel and the Tippenhauer College in Port-au-Prince. Under Charles Moravia's directorship, he began a career as a journalist, publishing articles, poems and the column "Bel aujourd'hui" under his pen-name Nassour El Limac, in Haiti-Journal, Temps-Revue and L'Action nationale. He became director of Haiti-Journal after Moravia's death in 1938.
His best known work is Assaut à la Nuit (Port-au-Prince: Impr. de l'Etat, 1940). He was awarded the Dumarsais Estimé poetry prize for his collection Multiple Présence (Quebec: Editions Naaman, 1978).
Awards 1961 Price Dumarsais Estimé. 2004 Henri Deschamps Literary Award (posthumous).
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Haitian poet, journalist, and diplomat (1912–1961)
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Roussan Camille was born on 27 August 1912 in Jacmel.
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Roussan Camille died on 7 December 1961 in Port-au-Prince.
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Roussan Camille was a journalist, poet, diplomat and writer.
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Roussan Camille was Haitian.
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