His last two books "Autoportrait de Paris avec chat" , and "Vers d'autres rives " are assemblages of texts and drawings with autobiographical motifs.
His father, with whom he shares his first names, was mayor of Port-au-Prince and went into exile because of his criticisms of the Duvalier regime.
His younger sister Wina Ketty Laferrière died on 10 November 2020 in Tabarre, Haiti. She was the wife of poet and publisher Christophe Philippe Charles.