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Frankétienne

Haitian artist and writer

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born: 1936
died: 2025
age at death: 88
known for: painter, poet, singer

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Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent, known by his pen name Frankétienne, was a Haitian writer, poet, playwright, and painter. He is recognized as one of Haiti's leading writers and playwrights in both French and Haitian Creole, and is "known as the father of Haitian letters". He was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009, made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010.

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