Assotto Saint

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Assotto Saint

Country

Haiti

Birth - Death

1957 - 1994

Occupation

Poet, Entertainment

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Editor of the poetry collection 'The Road Before Us' (1991, Lambda Literary Award). Poetry editor for the anthology 'Other Countries: Black Gay Voices' (1988), and founded Galiens Press to publish work by black gay poets. Dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company . Founded a theatre company, Metamorphosis Theatre, and an electronic pop music group, Xotika. Received the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum's James Baldwin Award. LGBTQ activist. Died of AIDS.

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