Name Jules Milscent | Role Poet | |
Died May 7, 1842, Cap-Haitien, Haiti | ||
Jules Solime Milscent (1778 - 1842) was a Haitian fabulist, poet, and politician. He was a mulatto, born in Grande-Rivière du Nord to a white French father and a free black mother. Educated in France, Milscent co-founded the periodical L'Abeille Haytienne and served in several government positions, including a seat on the commission to draft the Haitian Civil Code. He is best known for his fables, such as:
L'Homme, la Guêpe et le SerpentLe Cœur et l'EspritL'Homme et le SerpentLe Chien et le LoupL'Enfant et la Sauterelle
Milscent was killed in the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake.
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