Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I haere a Philippe ki te kura tuarua i Port-au-Prince, a ka mutu tana maatauranga i Paris i reira i ako ai ia i te ture. I a ia i reira, i mohio ia ki a Valéry Larbaud, nana nei i whakarite kia whakaputaina etahi o ana whiti i roto i te "La revue européenne", he pukapuka tuhituhi marama i whakaputaina mai i te 1923 ki te 1931. I Haiti, i tiimata tana mahi hei kaitiaki matua i te Manatū Mahi a te Katoa. Ka rite ki te nuinga o nga tangata mohio o Haiti, i whakahe ia ki te
Te noho a Amerika ki Haiti, i whakatūria i te tau 1915.