Fernand HibbertThe celebrated Haitian writer Fernand Hibbert was born in Miragoâne in 1873 and died in 1928. Hibbert studied in Paris before teaching history and French literature at Lycée Pétion in Port-au-Prince. He had a distinguished diplomatic career as Ministr of Foreign Relations and later Minister Plenipotentiary to Cuba and was later Secretary of State for Public Education. He was an outspoken opponent of the American Occupation of his homeland (1915-1934) and used his platform as a writer and a civil servant to fight for Haitian sovereignty. He contributed to newspapers and literary reviews, wrote several novels, plays and short stories, helping to establish a uniquely Haitian literary culture. Read More Read Less