Biography

(Born Petit-Goave, 1835; Died Port-au-Prince, 1919)

A poet who claimed affinity to the Parnassian school, Morpeau notes that Paul Lochard was influenced by the works of John Milton, Victor de Laprade, and Victor Hugo (Morpeau 80). Lochard held a variety of jobs throughout his life: he began as a teacher, served as a Port-au-Prince customs agent, and by the end of his life, he was the director of an important national newspaper, the Moniteur. His most famous work, Les Chants du soir (1878), dedicated to Haiti, includes themes such as religion, life, ancestry, and peace.

Bibliography

Lochard, Paul. Les Chants du soir. Imprimerie Kugelmann, 1878.

Morpeau, Louis. Anthologie d'un siècle de poésie haïtienne 1817-1925. Bossard, 1924.

Page image: Detail from Victor Hugo, "Le Phare des Casquets" (The Casquets Lighthouse), 1866. Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/maison-de-victor-hugo/oeuvres/le-phare-des-casquets