Georges Sylvain
A Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat
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| Intro | A Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat | |
| Places | Haiti | |
| was | Poet Diplomat Politician Lawyer | |
| Work field | Law Literature Politics | |
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| Birth | 2 April 1866, Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic | |
| Death | 1 January 1925Port-au-Prince, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Ouest, Haiti (aged 58 years) |
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Georges Sylvain (1866–1925) was a Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat. Born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Sylvain studied in his native city before attending school in Paris 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 literary society 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 and the sociologist and feminist Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau.