List of Mauritian writers
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This is a list of writers from Mauritius.
- Nathacha Appanah (1973– ) Francophone writer, journalist
- Issa Asgarally, doctor, author, professor at the Mauritius Institute of Education.
- Richard Sedley Assonne (1961– ), Francophone journalist and poet.[1]
- Thomi Pitot de la Beaujardière (born 1779), Francophone poet.[2]
- Lilian Berthelot, poet.[3]
- Jean Blaize (1860–1937), Francophone writer.[4]
- Marcel Cabon (1912–1972), Francophone novelist.[5]
- Charles Castellan (1812–1851), Francophone poet.[6]
- Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poet.[7]
- Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981), writer, painter and visionary.
- François Chrestien (1767–1846), Mauritian Creole poet and singer.[8]
- Lindsey Collen (1948– ), novelist and activist also associated with South Africa.
- Carl de Souza (1949– ), Francophone novelist.[9]
- Ananda Devi (1957– ), Francophone novelist and poet.
- Maurice Duverge (1849–1891), Francophone poet.[10]
- Jacques Edouard (1964– ), Francophone journalist, poet and writer.[11]
- Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalyst.[12]
- Charles Gueuvin (1834–1905), Francophone poet.[13]
- Aqiil Gopee (1997– ), young writer and poet
- Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), francophone poet and novelist.[14]
- Marie-Thérèse Humbert (b. 1940) Francophone novelist.[15]
- Stefan Hart De Keating (1971– ), Francophone slam poet.[16]
- J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940– ), Francophone writer also associated with France.
- Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poet.[17]
- Yusuf Kadel (1970– ), Francophone poet and playwright.[18]
- Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Francophone poet.[19]
- Marcelle Lagesse (1916–1973), Francophone author and journalist.
- Félicien Mallefille (1813–1868), Francophone novelist and playwright.
- Edouard Maunick (1931– ), Francophone poet, writer, and diplomat.[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Shenaz Patel (b. 1966), Francophone and Creole story writer, playwright and novelist [20]
- Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), poet.[21]
- Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writer.[22]
- Pierre Renaud (1921–1976), Francophone poet.[23]
- Amal Sewtohul (1971– ), diplomat and writer in French and Mauritian Creole.[24]
- Khal Torabully (1956– ), Francophone poet.
- Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920), Francophone poet and writer in French and Mauritian Creole.
- Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937– ), Hindi writer.[25]
- Dev Virahsawmy (1942– ), politician and playwright.
See also
References
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4
- ↑ Roshni Mooneeram and Jonathan Hope, From Creole to Standard: Shakespeare, language, and literature in a postcolonial context, Rodopi, 2009, ch. 6.
- ↑ Belinda Jack, "Mauritius and Reunion", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [1].
- ↑ Jeanne Ferval-Arouff, 'Femme et territoire: état de la femme écrivain', in Kumari R. Issur & Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing, eds., L'océan indien dans les litteratures francophones, Karthala Editions, 2001, pp. 395ff.
- ↑ Michel Golfier and Jean-Didier Wagneur, eds., Émile Goudeau: Dix ans de bohème, Champ Vallon, 2000, p. 418.
- ↑ Srilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4.
- ↑ Marina Carter and Khal Torabully, Coolitude: an anthology of the Indian labour diaspora, Anthem Press, 2002, p. 67.
- ↑ Belinda Jack, 'Chasle, Raymond', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [2].
- ↑ Norbert Benoit, ed., Francois Chrestien (1767–1846) Dans Les Essais D'un Bobre Africain, 1998.
- ↑ Peter Hawkins, The Other Hybrid Archipelago: Introduction to the literatures and cultures of the francophone Indian Ocean, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 106.
- ↑ Camille de Rauville, Littératures francophones de l'océan Indien, Éditions du Tramail, 1990.
- ↑ 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 [3].
- ↑ Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 67.
- ↑ Belinda Jack, "Hart, Robert-Edward", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [4].
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- ↑ Nouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302
- ↑ Allister Macmillan, Mauritius Illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources, p. 439.
- ↑ Yusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island, Times of Pondicherry
- ↑ Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.(French)
- ↑ Belinda Jack, 'Prosper, Jean-George', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here [5].
- ↑ 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 [6]
- ↑ Francofonia, 48, p. 118.
- ↑ Lutchmee Parsad Ramyead, The Establishment and Cultivation of Modern Standard Hindi in Mauritius, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, 1985.
