Dans l\u2019histoire de la litt\u00e9rature ha\u00eftienne, les femmes ont longtemps \u00e9t\u00e9 peu visibles, les cercles litt\u00e9raires et les publications \u00e9taient majoritairement domin\u00e9s par des hommes.
Dans ce contexte, Virginie Sampeur appara\u00eet comme une figure importante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e9e le 28 mars 1839 \u00e0 Port-au-Prince, elle est reconnue comme l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res femmes ha\u00eftiennes \u00e0 publier des textes litt\u00e9raires.
Institutrice et po\u00e9tesse, Virginie Sampeur commence \u00e0 \u00e9crire tr\u00e8s jeune. \u00c0 seulement dix-sept (17) ans, elle compose ses premiers vers. Ses textes seront publi\u00e9s dans des revues litt\u00e9raires influentes de l\u2019\u00e9poque, notamment La Ronde et Ha\u00efti Litt\u00e9raire et Scientifique.
Sa vie personnelle croise \u00e9galement celle de figures importantes de la culture ha\u00eftienne. Elle \u00e9pouse d\u2019abord le po\u00e8te Oswald Durand, avant de divorcer 9 ans plus tard par infid\u00e9lit\u00e9s de son mari.
Elle se remarie ensuite avec le pianiste Tacite Lamothe, avec qui elle aura un fils, le musicien Ludovic Lamothe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Son \u0153uvre comprend notamment le po\u00e8me L\u2019Abandonn\u00e9e<\/em> , \u00e9crit en 1876, ainsi que plusieurs nouvelles et un roman semi-autobiographique intitul\u00e9 Ang\u00e8le Dufour<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n En parall\u00e8le de sa carri\u00e8re litt\u00e9raire, Virginie Sampeur s\u2019investit dans l\u2019\u00e9ducation o\u00f9 elle dirigair le Pensionnat National des Demoiselles \u00e0 Port-au-Prince entre 1901 et 1909.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e en 1919, \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 80 ans, elle laisse un h\u00e9ritage important dans l\u2019histoire culturelle ha\u00eftienne. 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En \u00e9tant l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res femmes \u00e0 publier et \u00e0 s\u2019imposer dans les cercles litt\u00e9raires de son \u00e9poque, Virginie Sampeur a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 ouvrir la voie aux g\u00e9n\u00e9rations suivantes d\u2019\u00e9crivaines ha\u00eftiennes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"