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Lokandya Fenelon (born February 2nd, 1985) is a Haitian-American journalist, poet, writer, comedian and social worker. He is known for his blend of poetry and drama-art.

Biography
Fortestson “Lokandya” Fenelon (birth name Fortestson Fenelon) was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and is the oldest of three children in his family. He arrived to the United State of America in 2010, four months after the earthquake (The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital). -The official Haitian government count was more than 300,000 dead and serious damages-. He grew up in a religious family. His father (Fortuna Fenelon) is pastor of several churches in Haiti. Under his dad supervision, he was constantly studying school materials. His formal education in Haiti was in French and Creole that allow him to write and speak several languages (French, Creole) and now English.

Career
Lokandya began writing poetry at his young age at church, however; at the age of 17, he joined The Petit Conservatoire of Daniel Marcelin where he learned drama-art and writing techniques. A few years later, in 2001, he started writing for a few newspapers in Haiti, Le Nouvelliste, Ticket Magasine etc…He learned very quick and wrote about politics, social and culture. As journalist, poet and comedian, Fortestson Lokandya Fenelon foremost focus was the Haitian Literature. Also, he was the culture director at one of the best radio station in Haiti name Signal FM (90.5).

Works
As a poet, Lokandya has been published in several magazines and online, as well as hosting a few poetry clubs in Haiti (The Literary Friday, Prod’Arts, Le Petit Conservatoire) and in USA (Art and Sensation, Lokandya’s production). As a poet and comedian, Lokandya Fenelon has performed and lectured in several countries across the world.

Publications
In 2006, he published in Haiti, his first French poetry book “Nuits A Deux Battants”. Since, he participated on several books in Canada, in France and Dominican Republic. In 2012, he published in Florida, USA another book in Creole “Pwent tete soley”, sold out in two months.