# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-roumain
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:00:11.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-roumain"
name: "Jacques Roumain"
slug: "jacques-roumain"
description: "Jacques Roumain was a Haitian writer, politician, and Marxist. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. Langston Hughes translated some of Roumain's works, including Gouverneurs de la Rosée, which was also adapted to film."
tagline: "Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques_Roumain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-06-04"
deathDate: "1944-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.98488533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump