Fernand Hibbert (3 October 1873 – 1928) was a

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

an novelist and is one of the most widely read Haitian authors.P. Schutt-Ainé, ''Haiti: A Basic Reference Book'', 97 He is known for his satiric and humorous novels. Born in

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, Hibbert was educated in

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, France, where he studied law and political science. After returning to Haiti in 1894, he worked as a teacher, politician, and diplomat. Along with his contemporaries Frédéric Marcelin and Justin Lhérisson he worked to establish a uniquely Haitian novel. His 1908 novella ''Romulus'' was translated into English in 2013. He was the father of Haitian mathematician and statesman

Lucien Hibbert Lucien Hibbert (18 August 1899 – 5 February 1964) was a Haitian public servant and mathematician. He was the first Haitian to receive a doctoral degree in mathematics and is remembered for his roles in government and higher education administr ...

Selected works

* ''Séna'' (1905) * ''Les Thazar'' (1907) * ''Romulus'' (1908) * ''Masques et Visages'' (1910) * ''Manuscrit de mon Ami'' (1923) * ''Simulacres'' (1923) * ''Romulus''. Translated into English. Aylmer, QC: Deux Voiliers, 2013. * ''Pretenders''. ''Les Simulacres'' translated into English. Aylmer, QC: Deux Voiliers, 2018.

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* 1873 births 1928 deaths Haitian diplomats Haitian educators Haitian male novelists Haitian politicians People from Miragoâne 20th-century Haitian novelists 20th-century Haitian male writers Haitian expatriates in France {{Haiti-writer-stub