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Magie Faure-Vidot

Magie Faure-Vidot (sometimes Maggie Vijay-Kumar)[1] (born 1958) is a French-language poet from the Seychelles who has also published work in English and Seychellois Creole.[2]

Life and career

Faure-Vidot was born in Victoria. She is a member of the Institut Académique de Paris and the Académie Internationale de Lutèce. She has won numerous prizes over the course of her career, including the Coupe de la Ville de Paris, a Lyre d'honneur, and six silver and numerous bronze medals in various international literary competitions,[3][4][5][6] and she has represented her home country at many international poetry festivals and other initiatives.[7][8][9] Her work has been discussed in critical studies of Seychellois literature.[10][11][12] She has also achieved some fame as an oral performer.[13]

After living for some time in the United States, Lebanon, England, Italy, and France, Faure-Vidot returned to the Seychelles.[2] There she cofounded, and continues to codirect, both the online literary review Vents Alizés[14] and the online publishing house Edisyon Losean Endyen, both of which she runs in conjunction with Hungarian poet Károly Sándor Pallai.[15] Her work is regularly published in Seychelles Nation and The People, and she is the editor of Sipay, the only Seychellois literary magazine.[16][17][3] She is also heavily engaged in the cultural life of her country,[6][18] including showing her work at exhibitions of art by local women.[19]

Works

  • L'Oasis des mots, Victoria, Edisyon Losean Endyen, 2016.
  • Rêves créoles, Victoria, Edisyon Losean Endyen, 2012.
  • Flamme mystique, Victoria, Yaw Enterprises, 2011.
  • L'âme errante, Victoria, Printec Press Holdings, 2003.
  • Un grand cœur triste, Paris, La Pensée Universelle, 1983.

References

  1. ^ "Poètes d'OUTRE-MER – Les Seychelles – lieu commun". 4 January 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "L'OASIS DES MOTS de Magie Faure-Vidot : – Ministry of Tourism and Culture". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b [1][dead link]
  4. ^ ANANDA. "Un peu de poésie des SEYCHELLES : Magie FAURE-VIDOT. – Le blog de Patrimages". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ^ [2][dead link]
  6. ^ a b ANANDA. "Maggie FAURE-VIDOT (Seychelles). – Le blog de Patrimages". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. ^ Département, Le. "Soutien aux agriculteurs et initiation à la création et la lecture poétique – Lien Social (saison 3)". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Journée Internationale de la Poésie à Salazie". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Dame of the Day: Magie Faure-Vidot- Lady Collective". 26 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  10. ^ Pascale Canova (1 January 2007). La littérature seychelloise: Production, promotion, réception. Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-2-296-15962-4.
  11. ^ Palli, Francesca. "Potomitan – « Konzigenzon filozofik size poetik  » :". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Genres et généricité dans la poésie seychelloise contemporaine «  MondesFrancophones.com". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ^ Stephen Gray; Carole Beckett (2008). Invitation to a voyage: French-language poetry of the Indian Ocean African islands. Protea Book House. ISBN 978-1-86919-169-6.
  14. ^ "Vents Alizés – Komansman". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  15. ^ [3][dead link]
  16. ^ "Sipay". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Seychelles-eNews – Sipay appoints new editorial committee". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  18. ^ [4][dead link]
  19. ^ "Female artists showcase work in colourful exhibition". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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