Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Félix Morisseau-Leroy

Félix Morisseau-Leroy is a Haitian playwright and poet who raised status of Haitian Creole.

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1912

Place of Birth: Grand-Gosier, Sud-Est, Haiti

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1998

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, journalist

Nationality: Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Félix Morisseau-Leroy (13 March 1912 – 5 September 1998), was a Haitian writer who wrote in Haitian Creole for poetry and plays, the first significant writer to do so.
By 1961 he succeeded in having Creole recognized as an official language of Haiti, after expanding its teaching in schools and use in creative literature.
Morisseau also published works on French, Haitian Creole and Haitian French literature.
He worked internationally, encouraging the development of national literature in post-colonial Ghana and Senegal.
In 1981 he settled in Miami, Florida, where he was influential in uniting the Haitian community around Creole and encouraged its study in academia.