Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917
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Name (Latin)
Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917
Date of birth
1848-01-14
Date of death
1917-01-10
Associated country
France
Haiti
Field of activity
Politics, Practical
Business
Finance
Writing
Occupation
Financial executives
Public officers
Authors
Diplomats
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Autour de deux romans, 1984:t.p. (Frédéric Marcelin)
- LC data base, 10-1-85(hdg.: Marcelin, Frédéric, 1848-1917)
- Le passé, 2014:page 127 (Frédéric Marcelin, born in Port-au-Prince in 1848; served as secretary to the Legation of Haiti in Washington; deputy of Port-au-Prince under president Dominigue; member of Parti National; elected as deputy again under Salomon. Directed the department of Finances under Florvil Hyppolite; died in France in 1917)
- Lehman College, Île en île website, viewed December 8, 2014:(Frédéric Marcelin, born in Port-au-Prince in 1848; in 1867 he served as secretary to the Legation of Haiti in Washington; In 1874 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies; elected MP for Port-au-Prince in 1882; Head of Finance under President Hippolyte from 1892-1894. Retired to France and published several books including 3 novels. Returned to Haiti in 1905; founded la revue Haïti littéraire et sociale. Left Haiti again in 1908 after the fall of the Alexis government; died in Paris in 1917. Wrote some novels, but mainly books dealing with finance, world trade and politics.)
Wikipedia description:
Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917) was a Haitian writer and politician. Born in Port-au-Prince, Marcelin was best known for the three novels Marilisse (1903), La Vengeance de Mama (1902), and Thémistocle Epaminondas Labasterre (1901). Along with his contemporaries Fernand Hibbert and Justin Lhérisson he worked to establish a uniquely Haitian novel. He also wrote an essay on the National Bank of Haiti, Haïti et sa Banque Nationale (1896), and another on the "Finance and Commerce Department", (Le Départment des Finances et du Commerce d'Haïti) (1896). He was Minister of Finance 1892-1895 and 1905–1908.
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