Stephen Mesmin Alexis, (1889–1962), was a
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
an novelist and diplomat. Born in
Gonaïves, Alexis served as Haiti's ambassador to the United Kingdom and represented Haiti at the
United Nations.
He is best known for his novel ''Le Négre Masqué'' (1933). He is also credited with writing the most complete account of
Toussaint Louverture's life. ''The Black Liberator: The Life of Toussaint Louverture'', was translated from French by William Sterling and published in England in 1949. The French version of the book was never published; it apparently disappeared while on its way to the publisher. Alexis managed to rewrite the manuscript while in exile; however, it was also stolen just before he died in exile on August 15, 1962, in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
.
His son,
Jacques Stephen Alexis, also became a noted novelist. His grandson Jean-Jacques Stephen Alexis ( JanJak II ) also a poet and Visual artist http://www.interfineart.com, lives in
Miami, where he oversees th
Fondation Jacques Stephen Alexis
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1889 births
1962 deaths
20th-century Haitian novelists
Haitian male novelists
Permanent Representatives of Haiti to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Haiti to the United Kingdom
People from Gonaïves
20th-century male writers
Dessalines family