Background
VALCIN, Cléanthe Desgraves was born on January 13, 1891 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
VALCIN, Cléanthe Desgraves was born on January 13, 1891 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Educated Pensionnat National de Demoiselles, 1902-1909.
Director, Moniteur Officiel, 1921-1923. Cofounder and 1st managing editor, women's magazine La Voix des Femmes. Editor, women's magazine La Semeuse.
Contributor to dailies Le Nouvelliste and Le Soir.
Member: Ligue Féminine d’Action Sociale, Society Haïtienne des Lettres et des Arts, Alliance Française, Coloured Poetic League of the World, Syndicat Haïtien des Littérateurs et Artistes (founding member), Association Phèdre-Théâtre.