The National Book Directorate Launches Creole Book Day
By Gedeon Delva · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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“Hand in Hand for the Promotion of Creole Literature” is the theme around which the National Book Directorate launched the National Creole Book Day this Friday, October 24, 2025. This event, according to the organizers, aims to promote the Creole language and literature.
Several activities were carried out to mark this day. Book signings, panel discussions, exhibitions, and plaque presentations were among the activities held during the launch.
Four members of the Haitian Creole Academy, namely Marie Rodny Laurent, Jean Pauris Jean-Baptiste, Jean Grégory Calixte, and Christophe Philippe Charles, offered the audience a fruitful exchange on the importance of the Creole language and its role in the life of the Haitian people. The initiative's coordinator, Marc Exavier, and the Director General of the DNL, Ernst Saint Louis, emphasized the crucial importance of this endeavor for Haitian culture, the Creole language, and Creole literature. The two literary figures encouraged writers and authors to give a special place to Creole in their writings. For his part, the president of the Haitian Creole Academy praised the initiative, deeming it commendable and significant. Rogéda Dorcé Dorcil also congratulated the institutions organizing the day for their choice of theme. The Academy's leader believes that Creole unites us and brings us closer to one another. “Creole, a true tool for development for the entire Republic,” he concluded. On the same occasion, several publishing houses, including Édition Chouchoune, Édition Cérébrale, Édition C3, Communication Plus Édition Caraïbes, Éditions Kopivit, and Édition Université Caraïbes, among others, took the opportunity to exhibit works written in Creole. The Haitian Copyright Office was also present. It offered a free registration service to all writers who had not yet had the chance to register their works.
Four members of the Haitian Creole Academy, namely Marie Rodny Laurent, Jean Pauris Jean-Baptiste, Jean Grégory Calixte, and Christophe Philippe Charles, offered the audience a fruitful exchange on the importance of the Creole language and its role in the life of the Haitian people. The initiative's coordinator, Marc Exavier, and the Director General of the DNL, Ernst Saint Louis, emphasized the crucial importance of this endeavor for Haitian culture, the Creole language, and Creole literature. The two literary figures encouraged writers and authors to give a special place to Creole in their writings. For his part, the president of the Haitian Creole Academy praised the initiative, deeming it commendable and significant. Rogéda Dorcé Dorcil also congratulated the institutions organizing the day for their choice of theme. The Academy's leader believes that Creole unites us and brings us closer to one another. “Creole, a true tool for development for the entire Republic,” he concluded. On the same occasion, several publishing houses, including Édition Chouchoune, Édition Cérébrale, Édition C3, Communication Plus Édition Caraïbes, Éditions Kopivit, and Édition Université Caraïbes, among others, took the opportunity to exhibit works written in Creole. The Haitian Copyright Office was also present. It offered a free registration service to all writers who had not yet had the chance to register their works.
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