Emmelie Prophète

Emmelie Prophète-Milcé

Emmelie Prophète (born June 5, 1971) is a Haitian writer and diplomat.[1]

She was born in Port-au-Prince and studied law and modern literature at the Université de Port-au-Prince and communications at Jackson State University. She has served as an attaché at the embassy in Haiti and in Geneva. Prophète has also hosted a jazz program on Radio-Haïti. She has served as director of the Haiti Direction Nationale du Livre[2] and the Bureau haïtien du droit d’auteur. In 2014, she was named head of the National Library of Haiti.[3]

She has contributed to various periodicals such as Chemins Critiques, Boutures, Cultura, La Nouvelle Revue Française and Le Nouvelliste.[2]

Selected works[1]

  • Des marges à remplir, poetry (2000)
  • Sur parure d’ombre, poetry (2004)
  • Le Testament des solitudes, novel (2007), received the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes from the Association des écrivains de langue française
  • Le reste du temps, novel (2010)
  • Impasse Dignité, novel (2012)
  • Le désir est un visiteur silencieux, novel (2014)
  • Le bout du monde est une fenêtre, novel (2015)

References

  1. 1 2 "Emmelie Prophète". ile en ile (in French).
  2. 1 2 "Emmelie Prophète". Association des écrivains de la Caraïbe.
  3. ↑ "Emmelie Prophète, directrice de la Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti". Le Nouvelliste. April 8, 2014.


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