Early life
Frankétienne was born in Ravine-Sèche, a small village in Haiti. He was abandoned by his father, a rich American industrialist, at a young age and was raised by his mother in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, where she was a respected entrepreneur, owning her own business to support her eight children, managing to send him, who was the eldest, to school.Selected works
* ''Au Fil du Temps'', a compilation of poems * ''Ultravocal'', a novel * ''Pèlin Tèt'', a play written in Haitian Creole * '' Dézafi'', a novel about life during under the Duvalier regime, the first ever in Haitian CreoleP. Schutt-Ainé, ''Haiti: A Basic Reference Book'', 103 * ''Mûr à Crever'', a novel * ''Les Affres d'un Défi'', a novel * '' Désastre (12 janvier 2010)'', painting * '' Difficile émergence vers la lumière'', paintingReferences
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* * * * * Jonassaint, Jean. "Frankétienne, Écrivain haïtien," Dérives 53/54 (1987) * * * 1936 births Haitian Creole-language writers Haitian people of American descent Haitian people of Mulatto descent 20th-century Haitian dramatists and playwrights Haitian male dramatists and playwrights Haitian male novelists Haitian artists Haitian painters Haitian male painters Haitian male poets Living people 20th-century Haitian poets 20th-century Haitian novelists 21st-century Haitian poets 21st-century Haitian novelists 20th-century male writers 21st-century male writers {{Haiti-writer-stub