Édris Saint-Amand Explores Contradictions in the Haitian Countryside

Since Jacques Roumain inaugurated the peasant novel in Haitian literature with his 1931 work, La Montagne ensorcelée, this genre has achieved monumental success within the Haitian literary community. Among the authors who have explored the condition of peasants is Édris Saint-Amand, born on March 26, 1918, in Gonaïves and died on February 9, 2004, in Port-au-Prince. An essayist, novelist, diplomat, literary critic, and professor, Saint-Amand is part of the tradition of writers who have adeptly depicted the contrad