Charles Moravia
Template:Short description Charles Moravia (17 June 1875 – 11 February 1938)[1] was a Haitian poet, dramatist, teacher, and diplomat.
Biography
Born in Jacmel, Moravia studied at the Petit Séminaire Collège Saint-Martial in Port-au-Prince.[1] He became a teacher in Jacmel and founded two periodicals, the short-lived La Plume, published from 1914 to 1915, and Le Temps, started in 1922 as a daily paper and later a magazine.[1] He was an elected officer of the Haitian Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] An admirer of Heinrich Heine, Moravia translated the verse of the German poet, working from the prose translation of Gérard de Nerval.[1] Moravia was also influenced by Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac.
He also had a career in public service and was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington, D.C., in 1919, during the United States' occupation of Haiti. He also served as a Senator of the Republic during the presidency of Sténio Vincent.
Moravia was jailed by the Vincent government for his articles opposed to the American occupation.
Selected works
- Roses et Camélias (Port-au-Prince: Impr. Mme F. Smith, 1903) - poetry
- Ode à la mémoire de Toussaint Louverture (Port-au-Prince: Impr. Mme F. Smith, 1903) - poetry
- La Crête à Pierrot (1908) - drama
- Au Clair de la Lune (1910) - drama
- L'Amiral Killick (1943) - drama
Sonnet sur Deux Clous - poetry
References
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- 1875 births
- 1938 deaths
- Haitian educators
- 20th-century Haitian dramatists and playwrights
- Haitian male dramatists and playwrights
- Haitian male poets
- People from Jacmel
- Ambassadors of Haiti to the United States
- Members of the Senate (Haiti)
- 20th-century Haitian poets
- 20th-century Haitian male writers