Sybil Kein

Who is Sybil Kein?

Sybil Kein is a Louisiana Creole poet, playwright, scholar, and musician.

Dr. Provost largely created the field of Creole Studies through her early publications and presentations. A protégé of Robert Hayden, her poetry is housed in the National Archives, Library of Congress.

Kein is a contralto who sings with distincts incantations; destroying racial exclusiveness.

In 1981 Dr. Provost published Gombo People, a volume of poetry representing the first contribution to American letters of original literature in the Louisiana Creole language.

She is also the recipient of a Hopwood Award.

Dr. Provost has been named "Chercheur Associe" of the Sorbonne in Paris, France for her work in Creole culture; and distinguished "Professeur Émérite" of The University of Michigan.

Her recent works include Delta Dancer, Serenade Creole, Creole Journal, Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana‘s Free People of Color, An American South, Creole Ballads, Zydeco, Maw-Maw’s Creole Lullaby and Other Songs for Children, Creole Classique, Love is Forever: Songs of Romantic New Orleans, Gombo People and Gardenias y Rosas: Canciones Romanticas.