# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-laleau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:39:18.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-laleau"
name: "Leon Laleau"
slug: "leon-laleau"
description: "Léon Laleau was a Haitian writer, politician, and diplomat. Laleau is still recognized \"as one of the most brilliant writers of his time\". He received several international awards, such as the Edgar Allan Poe Prize in 1962. He was also a member of the Ronsard Academy, the Académie Méditerranéenne. He was recipient of numerous honors, including The Legion of Honor rank of Grand Officer (France), Saint Grégoire (Vatican), and Palms Académique, Arts et Lettres rank of Commandeur (France)."
tagline: "Haitian writer and diplomat (1892–1979)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1892-08-03"
deathDate: "1979-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.45
  momentum:             4.450549450549451
  historical:           6.804032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Laleau"
    title: "Leon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ليون لالايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Laleau"
    title: "Léon Laleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3271119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump