Marie-Thérèse Humbert

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Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a Mauritian writer.[1]

She was born in Quatre Bornes and was educated at Cambridge University and the Sorbonne. She moved to France in 1968.[1]

She ran as a socialist candidate in the Indre department of France and also ran as a candidate for municipal government in Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes.[2]

Selected works[1]

Novels

  • À l'autre bout de moi (1979), received the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle
  • Le Volkameria (1984)
  • Une robe d'écume et de vent (1989)
  • Un fils d'orage (1992), received the Prix Terre de France
  • La montagne des signaux (1994)
  • Le chant du seringat la nuit (1997)
  • Amy (1998)
  • Comme un voile d'ombres (2000)

Short Stories

  • "En guise de préface" in Maurice, le tour de l'île en quatre-vingts lieux (1994)
  • "Parole de femme" in Au tour des femmes (1995)
  • "De la lumière, de l'amour et du silence", "Le tout ainsi, en vrac" and "Clopin-clopant" in Raymonde Vincent, 1908-1985, hommages (1995)
  • "Adeline" in Tombeau du cœur de François II (1997)
  • "La véritable histoire de notre mère Eve au Jardin d'Eden" in Elles, Histoires de femmes (1999)
  • "Les galants de Lydie" in Une enfance outremer (2001)
  • "Fraternité ; hommage au poète Édouard Maunick" in Riveneuve Continents, Winter 2009-2010

References

  1. ^ a b c "Marie-Thérèse Humbert". Île en île. Lehman College.Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ "Marie-Thérèse Humbert, romancière mauricienne : " La misère est la plus grande tragédie que l'on peut vivre "". Le Mauritien. April 17, 2014.Template:Fr icon



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