Officially, the death of Jacques Stéphen Alexis was not never recognized, but there is no doubt that the hapless author of Compere general soleil and their co-religionists were arrested, tortured and, finally, murdered by the ruthless tonton macoutes of "Papa Doc". Bibliography. BOADAS, Aurora marine. Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Compere General Soleil" by J. S. Alexis. published in French in Story of Hilarion, the Haitian common man and his sufferings from poverty in PauP to the cane fields of the DR. Alexis dsappeared at the age of 39 while taking part in an invasion from exile in Cuba of Duvalierist Haiti. General Sun was his first novel/5.
Alexis, l'auteur de ce roman illuminé par la joie de vivre, est mort comme son héros. Lui aussi a été assassiné. Paru pour la première fois le 13 avril aux éditions Gallimard et sa dernière réédition en date remonte à mars par C3 Éditions, «Compère Général Soleil» est le roman qui raconte le mieux son auteur. Our discussion focuses on Coates's translations of two of Jacques Stephen Alexis's three novels: General Sun, My Brother (Compère Général Soleil) and In the Flicker of an Eyelid (L'espace d'un cillement), the latter translated in collaboration with Edwidge Danticat. Alexis (), a descendant of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, was an. Alexis's writings in were restricted to the stridently anti-establishment column in La Ruche entitled 'Lettre aux hommes vieux' and signed 'Jacques La Colère'. Indeed, even in the general outline of his career there is little to distinguish him from Dépestre or, for that matter, many of the student leaders of that generation.
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Compere General Soleil" by J. S. Alexis. from COMPERE GENERAL SOLEIL1 By Jacques Stephen Alexis [Translator's Note: In extreme hunger, Hilarion Hilarius tries to steal a billfold from a bour-geois villa in Bois-Verna. As he leaves the bedroom and climbs down the wall of the house, a flashlight shines on him. After a chase, the police arrest him and he is taken into custody.] I. Jacques Stephen Alexis (Gonaïves, Haiti, 22 April –Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, c. 22 April ) was a Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist. He is best known for his novel Compère Général Soleil ().
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