Emmelie Prophète

Emmelie Prophète Milcé
Emmelie Prophète Milcé in 2012
Minister of Culture and Communication
In office
11 January 2022[1] – 24 April 2024
Prime MinisterAriel Henry (acting)
Preceded byAriel Henry (acting)[2]
Minister of Justice and Public Security
Acting
In office
14 November 2022[3] – 24 April 2024
Prime MinisterAriel Henry (acting)
Preceded byBerto Dorcé[3]
Succeeded byCarlos Hercules[4]
Personal details
Born (1971-06-05) June 5, 1971 (age 53)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
EducationUniversité de Port-au-Prince, Jackson State University
Occupationwriter, government official

Emmelie Prophète (born June 5, 1971), also known as Emmelie Prophète Milcé, is a Haitian writer and diplomat.[5] From November 2022 till April 2024, she served as the justice minister of Haiti.[6]

Early life and education

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Prophète 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. Prophète has also hosted a jazz program on Radio-Haïti. She has served as director of the Haiti Direction Nationale du Livre[7] and the Bureau haïtien du droit d’auteur.

Literary career

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Prophète has published two books of poetry and six novels.[8] She has contributed to various periodicals such as Chemins Critiques, Boutures, Cultura, La Nouvelle Revue Française and Le Nouvelliste.[7]

Her novel Le Testament des solitudes won the Grand Prix littéraire de l’Association des écrivains de langue française in 2009.[9] It became the first novel of hers to be published in English when, translated by Tina Kover and with the English title Blue, it was published by Amazon Publishing's translation imprint, AmazonCrossing, in January 2022.[10]

Her 2020 novel, Les Villages de Dieu (English: The Villages of God) won the 2022 Carbet de Lycéens.[11]

Government career

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Prophète served as an attaché at the embassy in Haiti and in Geneva.[7] In 2014, she was named head of the National Library of Haiti.[12] In January 2022, the acting prime minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, appointed her Minister of Culture and Communication.[13] Henry then named Prophète as justice minister in November 2022, making her Haiti's fifth justice minister since the July 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse.[6]

Selected works

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Source:[5]

  • 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 [fr]
    • Published as Blue in English in 2022
  • 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)
  • Les Villages de Dieu, novel (2020)

References

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  1. ^ "Haiti's Henry announces new cabinet members, offices". The Haitian Times. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ "De nouvelles nominations au sein de l'administration publique". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Laura Gamba Fadul (14 November 2022). "Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid growing crisis". Haiti Libre. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Haiti's new government ministers sworn into office". Loop News. 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  5. ^ a b "Emmelie Prophète". ile en ile (in French). 6 March 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions". Associated Press. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  7. ^ a b c "Emmelie Prophète". Association des écrivains de la Caraïbe. Archived from the original on 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  8. ^ "Emmelie Prophète". AGNI Online. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  9. ^ ""When You Feel Things, You Have to Talk About Them." Emmelie Prophète on Writing About Family". Literary Hub. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  10. ^ Cope, Robyn (2022). "Blue by Emmelie Prophète (review)". World Literature Today. 96 (6): 57–59. doi:10.1353/wlt.2022.0275. ISSN 1945-8134.
  11. ^ Blaise, Juhakenson (2022-05-26). "Haitian culture minister Emmelie Prophète wins Guadeloupean prize for novel". The Haitian Times. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  12. ^ "Emmelie Prophète, directrice de la Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti". Le Nouvelliste. April 8, 2014.
  13. ^ "Haiti's Henry announces new cabinet members, offices". The Haitian Times. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-12-08.


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