sentences:  Jacques Stephen Alexis
  
  Jacques Stephen Alexis (Gonaïves, Haiti, 22 April 1922–Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti, c. 22 April 1961) was a Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist.He is best known for his novels "Compère Général Soleil" (1955), "Les Arbres Musiciens" (1957), and "L'Espace d'un Cillement" (1959), and for his collection of short stories, "Romancero aux Etoiles" (1960).