Georges Sylvain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Sylvain

Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1866

Place of Birth: Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1925

Profession: lawyer, poet, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Georges Sylvain (1866–1925) was a Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat.
Born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Sylvain studied in his native city before attending school in Paris and receiving a law degree.
After returning to Haiti, he founded a law school and two periodicals, La Patrie and, in 1922, l'Union Patriotique.
He was a member of the literary society La Ronde and was involved in other literary activities.
He published Confidences et Mélancolies (1901), a compilation of twenty-nine poems. He is the father of the anthropologist Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, physician Yvonne Sylvain, and the sociologist and feminist Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau.