Frantz-Antoine Leconte
Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Kingsborough Community College (CUNY)
Frantz-Antoine Leconte, French Area coordinator, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in a Franco-Haitian and syncretic atmosphere that shaped his universe forever. He studied at City University of New York, where he received his B.A. (1977), M.A. (1980), M.Phil. (1985), and Ph.D. (1989). His contribution to the world of the intellect seems to have been decided since birth. He is very committed to promote French, Francophone, and Haitian literature and culture through CUNY. What he does in his free time is precisely what he would like to teach and write about: literature, culture, and history on which he has extensively lectured.
Leconte is a member of the American Association of Teachers of French, the Conseil International d' Études Francophones, the National Association of Scholars, the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, and La Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique. His extensive publications deal with French philosophy and literature from the Middle Ages to Charles Baudelaire (19th century), the colonization of the New World, the political reality of Haiti, and the intersection between politics and vodun in Haiti.
Contact Information
- Kingsborough Community College
City University of New York
2001 Oriental Blvd., Room E-214
Brooklyn, NY 11235 - P: 718.368.5210
- F: 718.368.5943
- E: frantzantoineleconte@gmail.com
