For 13 years now, the members of the Haitian Literary Club meet regularly to discuss works of classic and contemporary authors.

Saturday evening for the first appointment of the year, where Lesly Condé, Consul General of Haiti in Chicago and Paulalex Etienne, reader were the guests of honor, 6 Haitian authors of Chicago : Frédo Balthaza, Dr. Ludovic Comeau, Patrick Duré, Jean B. Laplanche, Stéphanie Perpignan and Marc Rosier were invited to join the club, to talk about their work in front of an invited audience, avid reader.

On this occasion, Lesly Condé, Consul General of Haiti in Chicago issued a message :

Excerpts from the statement of the Consul of Chicago :

"Ladies and gentlemen,

I am very pleased to be with you and to participate in this meeting of the things of the spirit. Tonight, we honor all those whose writings have marked our existence and contributed, in one way or another, to its evolution. I am particularly pleased to welcome the prestigious writers who are among us and soon we will make isit the fascinating world of their respective works.

The art of writing is one of the most important inventions of mankind. From the depths of dark caverns the writings of Homo sapiens already tell a story which is also ours: that of our inexorable evolution.

I congratulate all members of the Haitian Literary Club of Chicago for their attachment to things of the spirit and culture. On the eve of our trip, there was a book, and then there were others. We grew up with them. They took us and transform us. Some, like the stories of Jules Verne, has amazed many readers before meeting reality. Today we live the scary predictions of George Orwell.

But there are so many worlds to discover! [...]"

HL/ HaitiLibre