Edmond Laforest (20 June 1876 – 17 October 1915) was a Haitian poet.
Life and works Born in Jérémie, Laforest was a teacher of French and mathematics. Some of his most noted works are Poèmes Mélancoliques (1901), Sonnets-Médaillons (1909), and Cendres et Flammes.
He killed himself by tying a Larousse dictionary around his neck and jumping off a bridge, to expose how the French language, imposed upon him by colonists, had killed him artistically.Henry Louis Gates Jr., "Editor's Introduction: Writing 'Race' and the Difference It Makes", Race, Writing and Difference, University of Chicago Press, 1987, p. 13.
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