(born Franck Étienne) – author, poet, playwright, musician and painter. Candidate for Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009 Fred Edson Lafortune (fr) – poet, writer and editor Danielle Legros Georges – award-winning poet, writer, educator, and editor Mona Guérin – educator and writer Nathalie Handal – award-winning poet, writer, and playwright Choiseul Henriquez – journalist Fernand Hibbert – novelist, one of the most-widely read Haitian authors Ady Jean-Gardy – journalist and activist; founder of the Haitian Press Federation Jean-Jacob Jeudy – journalist, activist, politician Aubelin Jolicoeur – columnist Johny Joseph – journalist and academic Raymond Joseph – journalist, diplomat, political activist Laurore St. Juste – historian and author Dany Laferrière – Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist, member of the Académie française Edmond Laforest – poet, novelist Juliette Bussière Laforest-Courtois – teacher and journalist Josaphat-Robert Large – poet, novelist and art critic; won the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (Caribbean literary Prize) in 2003 Dimitry Elias Léger – novelist François-Romain Lhérisson – poet and educator Thomas Madiou – his work Histoire d'Haïti (English: History of Haiti) is considered one of the most valuable documents of Haitian literature Marie-Sœurette Mathieu – sociologist, teacher and writer now residing in Quebec. Jules Solime Milscent – fabulist, poet, and politician Michèle Montas – journalist Charles Moravia – poet, dramatist, teacher, and diplomat Félix Morisseau-Leroy – author, writer, educator, activist, poet, and playwright Émile Nau – historian and politician Marilene Phipps – Haitian-American poet, painter, and short-story writer Pradel Pompilus – writer and scholar, best known for his three-volume study of Haitian literature. Paulette Poujol-Oriol – educator, writer and feminist Emmelie Prophète – writer and diplomat Jacques Roumain – poet, novelist, editor Émile Roumer – poet Edris Saint-Amand – novelist Rodney Saint-Éloi – poet Prince Saunders – author; emigrated to Haiti from the United States Elsie Suréna – poet, photographer Marie-Alice Théard – writer Évelyne Trouillot – author Jocelyne Trouillot – writer Alain Turnier – historian Gary Victor – writer and playwright Etzer Vilaire – poet Medicine Yvette Bonny (born 1938) – Haitian Canadian pediatrician Henri Ford – Haitian-American pediatric surgeon François Fournier de Pescay – first person of color to have practiced medicine and surgery in Europe Rulx Léon – physician, historian, and journalist Régine Laurent – Haitian-born Canadian nurse and trade unionist Bendson Louima – physician and founder of Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse Cap-Haitïen, an entity for the treatment of cholera in Haiti Yvonne Sylvain –