Georges Sylvain (1866–1925) was a

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an poet, lawyer and diplomat. Born in Puerto Plata,

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, Sylvain studied in his native city before attending school in

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and receiving a law degree. After returning to Haiti, he founded a law school and two periodicals, ''La Patrie'' and, in 1922, ''l'Union Patriotique''. He was a member of the

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'' La Ronde'' and was involved in other literary activities. He published ''Confidences et Mélancolies'' (1901), a compilation of twenty-nine poems. He was the father of the anthropologist Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, physician Yvonne Sylvain, and the sociologist and feminist Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau.

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