Experience is the cane of the blind.

Translated into Hebrew. We're this country and it wouldn't be a thing without us nothing at all. During this time he was also affiliated with Columbia University in New York City where he conducted ethnographical research.

He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. The great African-American poet Langston Hughes translated some of Roumain's greatest works including Gouverneurs de la Rosée (Masters of the Dew). Although poorly known in the English-speaking world Roumain has significant following in Europe and is renowned in the Caribbean and Latin America.