Justin Lhérisson
Justin Lhérisson (10 February 1873, in Port-au-Prince – 15 November 1907) was a Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher. He is best known for two novels, La Famille des Pititecaille (1905) and Zoune Chez sa Ninnaine (1906), and for being the author of the lyrics of Haiti's national anthem, La Dessalinienne. Justin Lhérisson was born in Port-au-Prince, Lhérisson held a law degree and worked as a lawyer, journalist, and teacher.
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Justin Lhérisson
- Full name
- Alexis Michel Justin Lhérisson.
- Born
- 1873. · Port-au-Prince.
- Died
- 1907.
- Nationality
- Haiti.
- Occupation
- journalist, historian, lawyer, teacher, poet, collector of fairy tales and writer.
- Known for
- La Dessalinienne.
- Languages
- French.
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Justin Lhérisson (10 February 1873, in Port-au-Prince – 15 November 1907) was a Haitian writer, lawyer, journalist, and teacher. He is best known for two novels, La Famille des Pititecaille (1905) and Zoune Chez sa Ninnaine (1906), and for being the author of the lyrics of Haiti's national anthem, La Dessalinienne. Justin Lhérisson was born in Port-au-Prince, Lhérisson held a law degree and worked as a lawyer, journalist, and teacher.
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He also founded the periodical Le Soir and wrote two books of poetry, Les Chants de l'Aurore (1893) and Passe-temps (1893). Along with his contemporaries Frédéric Marcelin and Fernand Hibbert he worked to establish a uniquely Haitian novel.
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1873
Justin Lhérisson born at Port-au-Prince.
1907
Justin Lhérisson died.
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- Justin Lhérisson 1873–1907, Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, 1997
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1997
- La domesticité, phénomène socioculturel, représentée dans les œuvres <i>Zoune chez sa ninnaine</i> de Justin Lhérisson et <i>Rêves amers</i> de Maryse Condé, French Cultural Studies, 2022
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2022
- La Famille des Pitite-Caille; Zoune chez sa ninnaine, par Justin Lhérisson by Léon-François Hoffmann (review), Journal of Haitian Studies, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3190467: Justin Lhérisson
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La Famille des Pitite-Caille; Zoune chez sa ninnaine, par Justin Lhérisson by Léon-François Hoffmann (review), Journal of Haitian Studies, 2013Crossref registry
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