Victor Séjour (1817 – 1874), American expatriate writer who worked in France
Though mostly unknown to later American writers, his short story "Le Mulâtre" ("The Mulatto") is the earliest known work of fiction by an African-American author.
•
In Nellie Y. McKay, Henry Louis Gates (eds), The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Second edition, Norton, 2004.
Victor Hugo | Victor | Victor Talking Machine Company | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | Victor Wooten | Victor Vasarely | Victor Gollancz Ltd | Victor Borge | Victor McLaglen | Victor Herbert | Victor Entertainment | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | Victor André Cornil | Jean Victor Marie Moreau | Victor Young | Victor Pasmore | Victor Gruen | Victor Garber | Victor Frankenstein | Victor Trumper | Victor Sangiorgio | Victor Milan | Victor Margueritte | Víctor Manuel | Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol | Victor Harbor, South Australia | Victor Harbor | Victor Fung | Victor Emmanuel | The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce |
He followed in the footsteps of other African American artists, performers, and intellectuals such as Victor Séjour, Henry O. Tanner, Ira Aldridge, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and others who, since the mid-19th century, have chosen Paris and elsewhere in France and Europe for study or expatriate life.