death_date death_place birth_place image_size name birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
20 september 1874 paris , france new orleans , louisiana 150 victor séjour 2 june 1817 fiction victor séjour.jpg victor séjour
 juan victor séjour marcou et ferrand writer , novelist , playwright
victor séjour

juan victor séjour marcou et ferrand -lrb- 2 june 1817 -- 20 september 1874 -rrb- was an american expatriate writer who worked in france .
though mostly unknown to later american writers , his short story `` le mulâtre '' -lrb- `` the mulatto '' -rrb- is the earliest known work of fiction by an african-american author .
