Ignace Nau (July 13, 1808

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- 1845) was a

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an poet and storyteller. Born in

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, Nau studied in a renowned military school in Haiti before attending the Catholic University of New York. After returning to Haiti, Nau founded a

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named " The School of 1836" with his brother, Emile Nau, and the Ardouin brothers, Beaubrun,

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, and Coriolan. Ignace Nau published the literary magazine '' Le Républicain'', which was censored by the Haitian government and was later renamed ''

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''.

Selected works

* ''Le Livre de Marie'' (poem) * ''Pensées du Soir'' (poem) * ''Le Lambi'' (story) * ''Episode de la Révolution'' (story) * ''Isalina'' (story)

References

* * ''The poets of Haiti, 1782-1934'', Translator Edna Worthley Underwood, The Mosher Press, 1934
"Ignace Nau (1808-1845)", ''Alliance Haiti''
1808 births 1845 deaths Haitian male poets People from Port-au-Prince 19th-century Haitian poets 19th-century male writers {{Haiti-writer-stub