Fabrice Guerrier

Fabrice Guerrier
Guerrier in 2020
Born	(1991-11-14) November 14, 1991 (age 33) Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality	Haitian-American
Education	Florida State University (BA) Eastern Mennonite University (MA)
Website	fabriceguerrier.com

Fabrice Guerrier is a Haitian-American writer and artist. He founded the sci-fi and fantasy production house and publisher, Syllble. ^[1]

Early life

Guerrier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1991. At the age of 13, he emigrated to Coral Springs, Florida, with his family, the same year as the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. ^[2] He graduated from Florida State University (FSU) with a BA in International Relations and from Eastern Mennonite University's (EMU) Center for Justice and Peacebuilding with an MA in Conflict Transformation. ^{[3] [4]} While at FSU, Guerrier founded the LEEHG Institute, a student-run think tank, ^[5] and became a member of the Theta Chi fraternity. ^[6]

Career

In 2015, Guerrier was named the PEN Haiti Fellow at PEN America. He traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to work at the PEN Haiti Center with Haitian poets, writers and journalists. ^[7] In 2017, Guerrier was appointed National President of the racial reconciliation organization Coming to the Table, founded by both black and white linked descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. ^[8] Guerrier has worked a columnist for Haiti Observateur, where he writes on Haitian Futurism. ^[9]

Syllble

In 2018, Guerrier founded Syllble, the first collaborative worldbuilding production house with the aim to bring more access to underrepresented writers and creative voices from around the world and in the entertainment business. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

In October 2020, Syllble partnered with Moko Magazine Caribbean Arts and Letters to establish the Caribbean Sky Islands fictional world and publish stories from Black Caribbean speculative fiction writers. ^{[13] [14]}

In May 2021, Guerrier collaborated with The Innovation Station: Creative Industry Lab at the U.S. State Department to bring together science fiction writers from around the world to solve some of the worlds toughest global challenges through the One Humanity Writing Collective. ^[15]

In February 2022, Syllble partnered with Brittle Paper magazine to establish the first collaborative African fantasy universe called Sauúti. ^{[16] [17]}

Awards and honors

• 2015: "Humanity in Action" Fellowship ^[18]
• 2016: PEN America's PEN Haiti Fellow ^[19]
• 2018: "Global Shaper" at World Economic Forum ^[20]
• 2018: "Shafik Gabr Fellow" at the Shafik Gabr Foundation ^[21]
• 2021: Forbes "30 Under 30" ^[22]
• 2021: Named to The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans in the United States between the ages of 25 and 45 in the "Arts" category. ^[23]
• 2022: PEN America's "Emerging Voices Fellow Finalist" ^[24]

Bibliography

Fiction books

• Golden Veins (September 2019)
• Medusa's Descendants (November 2022)

Non-fiction Books

• Breaking Free From Mass-Produced Consciousness: A Little Book for Artists, Entrepreneurs, and the Leaders of Tomorrow (September 2021)

Poetry

• Egypt in a Cup of Tea (February 2019)
• No More Vagabonds, No More Obscure Wars (November 2023)

Anthologies

• Slavery's Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation (May 2019)

Short fiction

• Magic Mangoes (December 2021)
• Dawn of the Sun (December 2021)
• Bionic Man Story (September 2018)

References

1. "Fabrice Guerrier: The 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2021". Time. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
2. "Interview". The Peers Project. 2021-11-09. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
3. "Fabrice Guerrier – Peacebuilder Online". emu.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
4. "Resilience: Bouncing Back, Looking Ahead, Moving Forward" (PDF). Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. Fall 2021.
5. Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z. (17 February 2014). The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader - Fabrice Guerrier and the LEEHG Institute. ISBN   9781118390078.
6. "The Rattle the Theta Chi Fraternity magazine" (PDF). www.thetachi.org.
7. "PEN Haiti's Potential Rising" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
8. Jefferson, Lauren (2017-03-08). "As national interest in racial healing work grows, CJP alumni join Coming To The Table leadership". EMU News. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
9. "Haitian Futurism: It's Birth and ultimate growth". Time. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
10. "Fabrice Guerrier MA '15 named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
11. "Royal Connections Business Spotlight: Syllble Studios, Inc" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
12. "Street Pitch". YouTube . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
13. "AN ANNOUNCEMENT Syllble Inc. Partners With Moko Caribbean Arts and Letters Magazine" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
14. "ON CARIBBEAN FUTURES, SPECULATIVE FICTION AND THE "SKY ISLANDS" FICTIONAL WORLD" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
15. "The Innovation Station: Creative Industry Lab at the U.S. State Department assists Syllble Studios on a collaborative program to help creative writers explore innovations that address global challenges" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
16. "Out of this world: why we created the first collaborative African fantasy universe". TheGuardian.com . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
17. "First Look At The Sauútiverse: An African Interplanetary World-Building Project" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
18. "CJP student Fabrice Guerrier is one of 24 selected for prestigious fellowship, studying in D.C., Berlin and Paris". www.emu.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
19. "PEN Haiti's Potential Rising" . Retrieved 2022-05-09.
20. "World Economic Forum Global Shapers Washington D.C. I Hub". Global Shapers. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
21. "Gabr Fellows 2018".
22. "Fabrice Guerrier Forbes 30 Under 30 List Art and Style". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
23. "Fabrice Guerrier: The 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2021". Time. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
24. "PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship 2022". www.pen.org.