Sybil Kein

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Sybil Kein (a.k.a. Dr. Consuela Provost) is a New Orleans 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.

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"(a musical companion to "Gumbo People").

Dr. Provost now resides in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She can be contacted there via The Creole Heritage Center: www.nsula.edu/creole

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