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This article provides an intellectual biography of the late anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot.
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Lyonel Trouillot
Born: December 31, 1956 (age 67), Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Language: French, Haitian Creole
Genres: Novels, poetry, song lyrics
Notable Awards: Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde (2013)
Introduction
Lyonel Trouillot is a prominent Haitian novelist, poet, journalist, and professor of French and Creole literature in Port-au-Prince.
Writing in both French and Haitian Creole, he has gained recognition for his poetic and narrative style, which often addresses the political and social realities of Haiti.
Early Life
Lyonel Trouillot was born into a family of lawyers.
His siblings include the anthropologist and historian Michel-Rolph Trouillot, and two writers, Évelyne Trouillot and Jocelyne Trouillot. After his parents' divorce in the late 1960s, Trouillot moved to the United States with his mother but returned to Haiti at age 19, in 1975.
From 1980 to 1982, due to political repression in Haiti, Trouillot emigrated to Miami.
Career
Initially st
