Jacques Roumain

Jacques Roumain
Born(1907-06-04)June 4, 1907
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
DiedAugust 18, 1944(1944-08-18) (aged 37)
OccupationWriter, politician, Poet, Socialist, anthropologist, Ethnologist
Notable worksGouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters the Dew)

Jacques Roumain Encarnación (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʁumɛ̃]; June 4, 1907 – August 18, 1944) was a Haitian writer, politician, and Marxist. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. Langston Hughes translated some of Roumain's works, including Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew), which was also adapted to film.

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