Jean Métellus was born in 1937 with Jacmel in Haiti, he emigrated in France in 1959 at the time of the dictatorship of Duvaliers where he continued studies of medicine and started to write.

Pushed by Maurice Nadeau, Andre Malraux and Aime Césaire, Jean Métellus conquered a general recognition for his art first, the Poésie. Today indexed in the Anthology of the French poetry of the 20th century , its poems are translated into Italian, Spanish and cities by certain groups of Rap. He is also novelist, playwright and essay writer.

The principal activity of Jean Métellus was medicine (Neurologue specialized in the speech difficulties). In parallel of its daily activity of doctor, it gradually created an important work. Starting from the editions of 1998, the Robert of the proper names reference the Haitian writer.

The poet

Jean Métellus received in 2006 the International Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor of Poetry of French language for the whole of his work. The price was given to the living room of the book of Paris in March 2006 by Sylvestre Clancier and Paul Sabourin of association Nouvelle Pleiad.

Métellus is a traditional poet, without music, without constraints, in fact the words take the top and which takes along the reader in vibrations.

Among its many poetic writings most known are With the pipirite singing , published for the first time in new the Lettres collection at Maurice Nadeau with the beginning of the year 1970, Voyance , published in 1984 at Hatier and republished in the years 2000, and the Skin and other poems , published into 2006 with the Seghers edition.

The novelist

Jean Métellus with ten novels of which more half published at Gallimard, was one of the three French emissary of the train of the literature of the year 2000 which furrowed Europe (27 countries) for 3 months. He is translated into English, Russian, Dutch and Italian. He received two prices of the French Academy and is present in the Dictionnaire of the literature of the Encyclopædia Universalis . He wrote two types of novels: those which occur to Haiti and whose main characters are Haitian ( Jacmel in the twilight , the family Vortex , All Saints' day Louverture the precursor , etc), and those which cover other subjects, the word, the artists or medicine ( an etching , Charles-Honore Bonnefoy , captive word ).

The playwright

One of its plays, Anacaona , was played in alternation with the Misanthropist of Molière to the Théâtre of Chaillot in Paris in 1988. The theater of Métellus is as the remainder of its work: poetic and singing, but realistic and thus sometimes cruel. Then, he wrote other parts like the red Bridge , Colomb and Henri cacic the .

The essay writer

Its first test, Haiti, a pathetic nation , explains the Haitian drama clearly. The second, Voyage through language , can be regarded as a popularization of the mysteries of the word. The third, Of slavery to abolitions, S , written in collaboration with Marcel Dorigny, is an animated fresco of many reproductions of works of art reporting the chronicle of abolitions of slavery. Under the dictation of truth is the result of discussions with Jacques-Hubert de Poncheville; for the first time, one can more closely discover Jean Métellus, his fights, his combat, his inspirations.

External bonds

• Official site

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