Émile Roumer (5 February 1903 - April 1988) was a

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/ref> Roumer wrote mostly

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poems and poems dealing with love and nature. Born in Jérémie, he was educated in

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before studying business in

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Bibliography

* ''Poèmes d'Haïti et de France'' (1925) * ''Poèmes en Vers'' (1947) * ''Le Caïman Etoilé'' (1963) * ''Rosaire Couronne Sonnets'' (1964)

Death

Roumer died in

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, Germany in April 1988.

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* 1903 births 1988 deaths Haitian male poets 20th-century Haitian poets 20th-century male writers Haitian expatriates in France Haitian expatriates in the United Kingdom {{poet-stub