Editing Haiti (section)

===Literature===
{{Main|Haitian literature}}

Haiti has always been a literary nation that has produced poetry, novels, and plays of international recognition. The [[Saint-Domingue|French colonial experience]] established the French language as the venue of culture and prestige, and since then it has dominated the literary circles and the literary production. However, since the 18th century there has been a sustained effort to write in [[Haitian Creole]]. The recognition of Creole as an official language has led to an expansion of novels, poems, and plays in Creole.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nzengou-Tayo|first=Marie-José|chapter=Chapter 7: Creole and French in Haitian Literature|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xbGzLuBvWwC&pg=PA153|title=The Haitian Creole Language: History, Structure, Use, and Education|editor1-first=Arthur K.|editor1-last=Spears|editor2-first=Carole M.|editor2-last=Berotte Joseph|language=en|publisher=Lexington Books|pages=153–176|isbn=978-0-7391-7221-6|date=2012}}</ref> In 1975, [[Franketienne]] was the first to break with the French tradition in fiction with the publication of ''Dezafi'', the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewyPMi4WZPAC|title=Frankétienne and Rewriting: A Work in Progress|last=Douglas|first=Rachel|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7391-3635-5|pages=50–60}}</ref> Other well known Haitian authors include [[Jean Price-Mars]], [[Jacques Roumain]], [[Jacques Stephen Alexis]], [[Marie Vieux-Chauvet]], Pierre Clitandre, [[René Depestre]], [[Edwidge Danticat]], [[Lyonel Trouillot]] and [[Dany Laferrière]].