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Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88

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Frankétienne , considered one of Haiti 's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88 .

Born Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d’Argent, he was raised in the Bel-Air slum in Haiti 's capital.

He died Thursday following an unspecified illness, Haiti ’s government said.

He wrote poems, plays and novels, including the first modern novel written in Haitian Creole.

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