Emmelie Prophète Explained

Emmelie Prophète Milcé
Birth Date:5 June 1971
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality:Haitian
Education:Université de Port-au-Prince, Jackson State University
Occupation:writer, government official
Office:Minister of Culture and Communication
Primeminister:Ariel Henry (acting)
Term Start:11 January 2022[1]
Term End:24 April 2024
Predecessor:Ariel Henry (acting)[2]
Office1:Minister of Justice and Public Security
Status1:Acting
Primeminister1:Ariel Henry (acting)
Term Start1:14 November 2022[3]
Term End1:24 April 2024
Predecessor1:Berto Dorcé
Successor1:Carlos Hercules[4]

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

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

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.

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

Prophète served as an attaché at the embassy in Haiti and in Geneva. 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.

Selected works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haiti's Henry announces new cabinet members, offices . 14 January 2022 . 3 April 2024 . The Haitian Times .
  2. Web site: De nouvelles nominations au sein de l'administration publique . 12 January 2022 . 3 April 2024 . . fr-HT .
  3. News: Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid growing crisis. Laura Gamba Fadul. Haiti Libre. 14 November 2022. 4 April 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024-06-12 . Haiti's new government ministers sworn into office . 2024-06-13 . Loop News . en.
  5. Web site: Emmelie Prophète . ile en ile . 6 March 2007 . fr.
  6. Web site: 2022-11-14 . Haiti prime minister ousts top officials amid US sanctions . 2022-12-08 . Associated Press . en-US.
  7. Web site: Emmelie Prophète . Association des écrivains de la Caraïbe . 2016-02-15 . 2018-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133905/http://ecrivainsdelacaraibe.com/archives/fiches-auteurs/prophete-emmelie.html . dead .
  8. Web site: 2022-10-04 . Emmelie Prophète . 2022-12-08 . AGNI Online . en.
  9. Web site: 2022-02-04 . "When You Feel Things, You Have to Talk About Them." Emmelie Prophète on Writing About Family . 2022-12-08 . Literary Hub . en-US.
  10. Cope . Robyn . 2022 . Blue by Emmelie Prophète (review) . World Literature Today . 96 . 6 . 57–59 . 10.1353/wlt.2022.0275 . 1945-8134.
  11. Web site: Blaise . Juhakenson . 2022-05-26 . Haitian culture minister Emmelie Prophète wins Guadeloupean prize for novel . 2022-12-08 . The Haitian Times . en-US.
  12. News: April 8, 2014 . Emmelie Prophète, directrice de la Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti . Le Nouvelliste .
  13. Web site: 2022-01-14 . Haiti's Henry announces new cabinet members, offices . 2022-12-08 . The Haitian Times . en-US.