Call Number:

C1103

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

French

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Léon-François Hoffmann Collection on Haitian Literature, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1936-2009 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hoffmann, Léon-François

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.

Léon-François Hoffmann is a scholar of Haitian literature and culture and professor Emeritus in the Departments of French and Italian at Princeton University.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1953; a Master of Arts at Princeton University in 1955; and a Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1959. He was an instructor at Princeton University from 1968-2003.

His most famous work, Le Nègre romantique : personnage littéraire et obsession collective (Paris, Payot, 1973), was recognized by the French Academy. In 2003, Léon-François Hoffmann coordinated the edition of the complete works of Jacques Roumain.

Consists of correspondence in French between Léon-François Hoffmann and Haitian poet René Depestre, including handwritten letters, faxes, and several other documents. Other additions include photocopies of correspondence between Haitian writer and politician Jacques Roumain and his wife Nicole Hibbert.