Alexis, Jacques Stéphen, 1922-1961

found: Séonnet, M. Jacques Stéphen Alexis, ou ... c1983:title page (Jacques Stéphen Alexis) cover page 4 (also known as Jacques Soleil; d. 1961)

found: Wikipedia, Jan. 20, 2015(Jacques Stephen Alexis (Gonaïves, Haiti, Apr. 22, 1922 - Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, c. 22 Apr. 1961) was a Haitian Communist novelist; an active participant in the social and political debates of his time; in 1959, he formed the People's Consensus Party (PEP), a left-wing political party, but he was forced into exile by the Duvalier dictatorship)

found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed June 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Alexis, Jacques Stéphen; fiction writer; born 22 April 1922 in Gonaïves, Haiti; studied at the Saint-Louis de Gonzague Institute; studied medicine in both Port-au-Prince and Paris, France; participated in the Haiti revolt (1946); settled in Cuba; returned to the northwest part of the island (1961); was arrested; first two novels, "Compère Général Soleil" (1955) and "Les Arbresmusiciens" (1957) covered the tumultuous period from 1934 to 1942 in Haiti; was widely translated throughout the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the 1960s; third novel was "L'Espace d'un cillement" (1959); last published work, collection of short stories "Romancero aux Etoiles" (1960); two unpublished manuscripts were found after his death: "L'Eglantine" and "Dans le blanc des yeux"; died 1961 presumably in Haiti)