Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)

Jacques Roumain

Haitian writer and politician (1907–1944)

Jacques Roumain Encarnación 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, which was also adapted to film.