Abstract
Between the 1940s and the 1960s, Haiti was the " focal point of the Caribbean ", to use Glissant's expression. The reappropriation of popular culture was gaining ground, attracting writers from the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston), the Caribbean (Aimé Césaire, Alejo Carpentier) and Europe, particularly France, such as André Breton. The blossoming of other forms of popular artistic expression attracted painters (Wifredo Lam), musicians and dancers (Katherine Dunham). Literature experienced unprecedented vitality (Roumain, Alexis, Depestre, Saint-Aude, Lespès, Bélance, etc.). A new school, Haiti littéraire, was born at this time, bringing together poets such as Phelps, Morisseau and Laforest. A major female figure, Marie Chauvet, was to establish the modern novel.
