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Frankétienne

1936 - 2025

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Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [fɣãŋ.ket.jɛ̃n]; 12 April 1936 – 20 February 2025), 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 (Order of the Arts and Letters), and was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frankétienne is the 2,285th most popular writer (up from 3,983rd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Haiti (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frankétienne ranks 2,285 out of 7,302. Before her are Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jurij Brězan, Al-Busiri, Alma Karlin, and Walter of Châtillon. After her are Tobias Smollett, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ding Ling, Fernando de Rojas, János Arany, and Sigismund von Herberstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Frankétienne ranks 174. Before her are Amr Moussa, Hans van den Broek, Dacia Maraini, Jacques Mesrine, Ken Mattingly, and Frank Serpico. After her are Savitri, Eliahu Inbal, Juliette Mayniel, Hermeto Pascoal, Solomon Burke, and Šaban Bajramović. Among people deceased in 2025, Frankétienne ranks 132. Before her are Antonine Maillet, Yves Boisset, Yury Grigorovich, Hans van den Broek, Adriana Asti, and Juan Ramón Verón. After her are Fred Newhouse, Vijay Rupani, José Carlos, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, John Sykes, and Ferenc Mohácsi.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Frankétienne ranks 15 out of 94. Before her are Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776), Jeanne Duval (1820), Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1953), Ariel Henry (1949), Anacaona (1474), and Leslie Manigat (1930). After her are Faustin Soulouque (1782), Jean Lafitte (1776), Boniface Alexandre (1936), Emmanuel Sanon (1951), Jovenel Moïse (1968), and Henri Namphy (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Haiti

Among writers born in Haiti, Frankétienne ranks 1. After her are René Depestre (1926), Jacques Roumain (1907), Dany Laferrière (1953), and Edwidge Danticat (1969).

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