About this picture: Marie Vieux Chauvet, born in Port-au-Prince on September 16, 1916 is known as a great writer.
She attended l'Annexe de l' cole Normale d'Institutrices and graduated in 1933.
The great equalitarian principles of Brun Ricot, Seymour Pradel, and Jacques Stephen Alexis have profoundly impacted her worldview.
Marie Vieux Chauvet stood up against all forms of injustice.
She was a firm advocate for women, the poor and the weak. From La Legende des Fleurs to the Rapaces, she has used Equality and Justice as her dominant themes.
She saw many flaws in the Haitian society and cried out for changes.
The voodoo, slavery, and colonialism extern and intern and egotism are other themes that she had tackled
Fille D Haiti, La Danse sur le volcan 1957 Fonds des N gres Amour, Fonds des N gres and col re et folie have all social overtones aiming at ameliorating the human condition.
After migrating in New-York, she died on June 19, 1973 and remains one of the greatest writers in the history of Haitian Literature
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This is a list of some of the most famous Haitian women in the area of Politics, art, sport, social, music and much more