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Philippe Thoby-Marcelin was born on 11 December, 1904 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is an A haitian male poet. Discover Philippe Thoby-Marcelin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Poet, novelist, journalist, folklorist, politician
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 11 December, 1904
Birthday 11 December
Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Date of death 1975
Died Place Cazenovia, New York
Nationality Haiti

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1904

Philippe Thoby-Marcelin (1904–1975), was a Haitian poet, novelist, journalist, folklorist and politician.

Philippe Thoby-Marcelin was born December 11, 1904, in Port-au-Prince.

1908

He and his younger brother, Pierre Marcelin (1908-?), worked together on the writing of several novels about rural Haiti, highlighting the themes of peasant life and Haitian folklore.

Philippe went to high school in Port-au-Prince and finished his education in Paris where he studied law.

1915

Like most Haitian intellectuals, he was opposed to the American occupation of Haiti, which had been established in 1915.

1923

While there, he became acquainted with Valéry Larbaud, who arranged to have some of his poems published in La revue européenne, a monthly literary journal that was published from 1923 to 1931.

Back in Haiti, he began his career as general secretary at the Ministry of Public Works.

1927

In 1927, together with Jacques Roumain, Carl Brouard, Émile Roumer and Normil Sylvain (1900-1929), he helped create La Revue Indigène, a literary journal in which they published their poems.

They idea was to honor the indigenous Haitian literary and artistic material, and return the culture to its pre-occupational state.

1944

His first novel Canapé-Vert, was published in 1944.

1946

In 1946, he participated in the founding of the short-lived Popular Socialist Party (PSP), together with Anthony Lespès.

That same year he published his second novel, La Bête de Musseau, translated as The Beast of the Haitian Hills.

1948

In 1948, when the PSP was declared illegal by President Dumarsais Estimé, he moved to the United States, where he worked as a translator for the Pan-American Union.

1952

His third novel, Le Crayon de Dieu, appeared in 1952.

1972

His last novel, Tous les Hommes sont Fous was published in 1972 and translated into English by his wife, Eva.

1975

He died at his home in Cazenovia, near Syracuse, New York, in 1975.