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A silenced Haiti has once again found its literary voice.

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Paule Marshall
Age: 90 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 9
Died: 2019
Died: August 12
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Paule Burke Marshall
Valenza Pauline Burke
Literary
Voice
Found
Silenced
Haiti

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