<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UPhilippe wafunda esikoleni esiphakeme ePort-au-Prince futhi waphothula imfundo yakhe eParis lapho afunda khona umthetho. Ngesikhathi elapho, wahlangana noValéry Larbaud, owahlela ukuba ezinye zezinkondlo zakhe zishicilelwe ku- La revue européenne, iphephabhuku lezincwadi lanyanga zonke elalikhishwa kusukela ngo-1923 kuya ku-1931. Emuva eHaiti, waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengonobhala-jikelele eMnyangweni Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi. Njengabafundi abaningi baseHaiti, wayephikisana  <response>: Ukuhlala kwamaMelika eHaiti, okwakusungulwe ngo-1915. 