Linguistics · terminology · poetry

Robert Berrouët-Oriol

Linguist and terminologist.

1Linguistics and terminology. Language planning in Haiti, Haitian Creole and French.Analysis
2Poetry. Poetry collections published by Triptyque since the 1980s.Collections
3Literary criticism. Migrant writing in Quebec and its reception.Media

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Publications

Full bibliography

Latest essay collection · 2023

Haïti · L’œil de la parole

Language columns, 2011–2022

Language and cultural columns collected in one volume, jointly published by Zémès (Haiti) and Cidihca (Canada).

Zémès / Cidihca · 2023 · ISBN 978-2-89454-595-9

Book details Publisher’s website

2026 · Zémès / CidihcaPlaidoyer pour l’aménagement constitutionnel des deux langues officielles d’Haïti

2026 · Zémès / CidihcaL’aménagement linguistique en Haïti / Textes choisis

2021 · Poetry · TriptyqueSimoun

One body of work, three fields

1 · Linguistics and terminology Language planning in Haiti Language rights, Haitian Creole and French, and the development of Haitian Creole as a language of instruction. Essays, collective works and columns. Analysis and essays 2 · Poetry Collections published by Triptyque From En haute rumeur des siècles to Simoun. Collections 3 · Literary criticism Migrant writing in Quebec Writing in Vice Versa and Quebec Studies, reviews and critical reception. Reception and media

Analysis and columns

All

Migrant writing1992L’émergence des écritures migrantes et métisses au QuébecAn article cited in scholarship on migrant writing in Quebec.FRQuebec Studies, no. 14, pp. 7–22 · with Robert Fournier Haitian Creole and French1992 ?Créolophonie et francophonie Nord-Sud : transcontinuumBibliographic reference; journal details and date remain to be checked.FRJournal to be confirmedExternal source Migrant writingDec. 1986L’effet d’exilAn early contribution to the study of writing in exile in Quebec.FRVice Versa, no 17, p. 20–21External source

Milestones

Biography

2023Black History Month honouree
Roundtable in Montreal. Publication of Haïti · L’œil de la parole (Zémès / Cidihca).
2021Simoun and La didactisation du créole
A return to poetry with Triptyque; a collective work coordinated for Cidihca and Zémès. Member of the international committee responsible for updating the Dictionnaire des francophones.
2011L’aménagement linguistique en Haïti : enjeux, défis et propositions
A collective work conceived, co-written and edited by Robert Berrouët-Oriol, with Darline Cothière, Robert Fournier and Hugues Saint-Fort. Jointly published by Éditions de l’Université d’État d’Haïti and Cidihca.
2010Prix du Livre insulaire
For Poème du décours.

Terminology and teachingFormer head of inter-university cooperation at the Banque de terminologie du Québec (Office québécois de la langue française) · former lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, Université d’État d’Haïti