Lilas Desquiron

Lilas Desquiron (born 1946) is a Haitian-born writer and ethnologist. From 2001 to 2004, she served as Minister of Culture and Communications in the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[1]

She was born in Port-au-Prince; her family came from Jérémie. From 1966 to 1970, she studied ethnology in Brussels and Paris, specializing in Afro-American religions. She later returned to France.[1]

Works
  • Racines de voudou, essay (1990)[1]
  • Les chemins de Loco-Miroir, novel (1990), translated into English as Reflections of Loko Miwa (1998)[1]

References
  1. "Lilas Desquiron". ile en ile (in French). 4 December 2013.
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