Centenary of Birth

Georges Corvington, the Man Who Told the Tale of Port-au-Prince

On the occasion of the centenary of his birth, a look back at the journey of a writer turned historian and the research that nourished his work.

Par Claudel Victor
06 Nov 2026 — Lecture : 4 min.
Georges Corvington, the Man Who Told the Tale of Port-au-Prince

Georges Corvington

Born in the capital on November 6, 1926, Marie Joseph Georges Corvington Junior dedicated a large part of his life to reconstructing the history of his city. Port-au-Prince over the Years remains a reference for anyone wishing to know the past of the capital, from its colonial origins to the mid-1950s.

Son of lawyer Georges Corvington and Henriette Saurel, he completed his classical studies and then pursued law studies at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences of Port-au-Prince (FDSE). He obtained his degree but did not choose

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