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Haitian politician and writer
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Male
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Birth:
9 March 1859
Death:
14 October 1918
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Biography
Solon Ménos (9 March 1859 - 1918) was a Haitian author and politician. Born in Anse-à-Veau, Ménos studied in France and received a doctorate in law there at the age of twenty-two. A prominent politician, Ménos served as Haiti's minister to Washington, D.C. He was a poet and the author of L'Affaire Lüders (English: The Lüders Affair), which described the conflict between Haiti and Germany during Tirésias Simon Sam's presidency.