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Lyonel Trouillot

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in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

December 31, 1956

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Lyonel Trouillot (born Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on December 31, 1956) is a novelist and poet in French and Haitian Creole, a journalist and a professor of French and Creole literature in Port-au-Prince.

Lyonel Trouillot was born in a family of lawyers. The writer Évelyne Trouillot is his sister. Following his parents' divorce in the late 1960s, he went to the United States with his mother. He returned to Haiti at age 19, in 1975.

Between 1980-82, political repression forced Trouillot to emigrate to Miami.

He studied law, but switched to literature early in his career.

Trouillot has contributed to different newspapers and magazines in Haiti. He has published poetry, and also writes song lyrics for such musical artists as Tanbou Libète and Manno Ch ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 982 ratings · 153 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	Niedziela, 4 stycznia by Lyonel Trouillot, Jacek Giszczak (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Belle Amour humaine 3.49 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of Heroes by Lyonel Trouillot, Linda Coverdale (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kannjawou 3.73 avg rating — 74 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Street of Lost Footsteps by Lyonel Trouillot, Linda Coverdale (Translator, Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yanvalou pour Charlie 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ne m'appelle pas capitaine 3.52 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parabole du failli 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antoine des Gommiers 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'amour avant que j'oublie 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Les villes sont des palimpsestes.”
― Lyonel Trouillot, Ne m'appelle pas capitaine

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“J'ai effacé des souvenirs qui ne me servent à rien dans l'être que je veux construire.”
― Lyonel Trouillot, Ne m'appelle pas capitaine

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“Quels souvenirs restent au bout de tant d'années ? Les choisit-on ou s'imposent-ils à nous ?”
― Lyonel Trouillot, Ne m'appelle pas capitaine

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