Quote of the day
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
Jacques Stephen Alexis

Born: April 22, 1922
Died: April, 1961 (aged 38)
Bio: Jacques Stephen Alexis was a Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist. He is best known for his novels Compère Général Soleil, Les Arbres Musiciens, and L'Espace d'un Cillement, and for his collection of short stories, Romancero aux Etoiles.
Known for:
- General Sun my brother (1955)
- In the Flicker of an Eyelid
- Compère général Soleil (1955)
- Les arbres musiciens (1957)
- L'espace d'un cillement (1959)







