[3] He attended St Mary's College in Castries (1999–2004),[1] where he began his artistic career as an actor, starring in a number of productions.
[4] While in his third year reading literature and theatre arts at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus, in Trinidad, he was inspired by the groundbreaking Caribbean writer Kamau Brathwaite, whom he appreciated as "a culturally engaged poet".
"[5] Lucien has since had a great deal of success, with his work being published in journals and other publications, including Small Axe, Wasafiri, BIM magazine, The Caribbean Review of Books, Caribbean Beat, Washington Square Review, and the anthology Beyond Sangre Grande, edited by Cyril Dabydeen.
[6] Some of Lucien's poetry has been translated into other languages, appearing in Dutch in the literary magazine Tortuca, in Italian in the journal El Ghibli,[7] and in Mandarin.
"[10] In the Journal of West Indian Literature, Laurence Breiner wrote: "A distinctive and recognizable voice runs through all of Lucien’s poems, but his tonal variety is both wide and protean.