Abstract
Haiti enjoys a special place in the imagination of writers, particularly since the revolution of 1804. Without claiming to be exhaustive, a few key authors have been highlighted : Victor Hugo with Bug Jargal, Carpentier with Le Royaume de ce monde, Aimé Césaire with La Tragédie du roi Christophe, Russell Banks with Continents à la dérive, Madison Smart Belle with her immense trilogy on Haiti, Isabel Allende with L'Île sous la mer and Laurent Gaudé with Danser les ombres.
