List of Mauritian writers
This is a list of writers from Mauritius who write in predominantly in French language:
- Nathacha Appanah (1973– ), Francophone writer
- Marcel Cabon (1912–1972), Francophone novelist[1]
- Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981), writer [2][3]
- Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poet[4]
- Lindsey Collen (1948– ), Creolophone and anglophone novelist and essayist
- Ananda Devi (1957– ), Francophone writer [5]
- Christine Duverge (1969– ), Francophone writer [6]
- Jacques Edouard (1964– ), Francophone journalist, poet and writer[7]
- Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalyst[8]
- Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), Franco-Mauritian poet and novelist[9]
- Marie-Thérèse Humbert (1940– ) Francophone novelist[10]
- Yusuf Kadel (1970– ), Francophone poet and playwright[11]
- Stefan Hart de Keating (1971– ), Francophone slam poet[12]
- Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Franco-Mauritian poet[13]
- Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poet[14]
- Edouard Maunick (1931– ), Francophone poet, writer, and diplomat[Gikandi][Jahn][Killam & Rowe]
- Shenaz Patel (1966– ), Francophone and Creole story writer, playwright and novelist[15]
- Cassandra (Sandrine) Piat (1973– ), Anglophone writer [16]
- Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), Francophone poet and author of the Mauritian national anthem[17]
- Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writer[18]
- Pierre Renaud (1921–1976), Francophone poet[19]
- Umar Timol (1970– ), Francophone writer and poet [20]
- Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937–2018), Indophone writer, poet and essayist[21]
- Dev Virahsawmy (1942– ), Creolophone poet, novelist and essayist [22]
See also
References
- ^ Srilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture, edited by Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. Taylor and Francis, 2001 (pg. 245).
- ^ http://www.irvingweiss.net/IWEBPAGE/IRVING_WEISS_1.html
- ^ Belinda Jack, 'Chasle, Raymond', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [1].
- ^ "Ananda Devi - Île en île". Île en île (in French). 12 May 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Rédaction, La (11 July 2017). "Christine Duvergé, la course à la reconnaissance". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ Ile Maurice: Jacques Edouard primé par la Masa, AllAfrica.com, 28 May 2008.
- ^ Belinda Jack, "Fanchette, Jean", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [2].
- ^ Belinda Jack, "Hart, Robert-Edward", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [3].
- ^ "Marie-Thérèse Humbert". Île en île. Lehman College.(in French)
- ^ Yusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Times of Pondicherry
- ^ Nouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302
- ^ Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160.
- ^ Allister Macmillan, Mauritius Illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources, p. 439.
- ^ "Shenaz Patel". Île en île. Lehman College.(in French)
- ^ "Sandrine Piat Auteure Autonomne".
- ^ "Jean-Georges Prosper".
- ^ Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1994, p. 225.
- ^ Belinda Jack, 'Renaud, Pierre', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [4]
- ^ "Umar Timol".
- ^ "Abhimanyu Unnuth".
- ^ "Dev Virahsawmy".
