Solon Ménos (9 March 1859 – 14 October 1918) was a

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an writer and politician. Born in Anse-à-Veau, Ménos studied in

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and received a

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in law there at the age of twenty-two. A prominent politician, Ménos served as Haiti's minister to

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, and

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in 1897. He was a poet and the author of ''L'Affaire Lüders'' (), which described the conflict between Haiti and

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during Tirésias Simon Sam's presidency.

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* 1859 births 1918 deaths Haitian male poets Foreign ministers of Haiti Finance ministers of Haiti Ambassadors of Haiti to the United States 19th-century Haitian poets 20th-century Haitian poets 19th-century Haitian male writers 20th-century Haitian male writers {{Haiti-politician-stub