1920-09-21
Poet Paul Laraque is born at Jérémie
Haitian
Paul Laraque was born at Jérémie on 21 September 1920. He entered the military academy in 1939 and was commissioned in 1941; his postings around the country showed him how the peasantry actually lived, and it changed what he wrote. He died in New York on 8 March 2007.
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Researched: Wikipedia (FR)