Victor Séjour

Juan Victor Séjour Marcou et Ferrand (June 2, 1817 – September 20, 1874) was an American Creole of color and writer. Born in New Orleans, he spent most of his career in Paris. His fiction and plays were written and published in French.

Although he was mostly unknown to later American writers of the nineteenth century, his short story ''"Le Mulâtre"'' ("The Mulatto") is the earliest known work of fiction by an African-American author. In France, however, he was known chiefly for his plays. His first work of fiction was an ode to French Emperor Napoleon in 1841. Provided by Wikipedia