As far as my name is concerned, 69 refers to my year of birth (1969); "Novalis" is a tribute to my parents: my mother is a German-speaking Alsatian Jew, my father a Creole-speaking Haitian.
As far as my name is concerned, 69 refers to my year of birth (1969); "Novalis" is a tribute to my parents: my mother is a German-speaking Alsatian Jew, my father a Creole-speaking Haitian.