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
  1. Srilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4.
  2. Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture, edited by Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. Taylor and Francis, 2001 (pg. 245).
  3. http://www.irvingweiss.net/IWEBPAGE/IRVING_WEISS_1.html
  4. Belinda Jack, 'Chasle, Raymond', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here .
  5. "Ananda Devi - Île en île". Île en île (in French). 12 May 2001. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. Rédaction, La (11 July 2017). "Christine Duvergé, la course à la reconnaissance". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. Ile Maurice: Jacques Edouard primé par la Masa, AllAfrica.com, 28 May 2008.
  8. Belinda Jack, "Fanchette, Jean", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here .
  9. Belinda Jack, "Hart, Robert-Edward", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here .
  10. "Marie-Thérèse Humbert". Île en île. Lehman College.(in French)
  11. Yusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Times of Pondicherry
  12. Nouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302
  13. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160.
  14. Allister Macmillan, Mauritius Illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources, p. 439.
  15. "Shenaz Patel". Île en île. Lehman College.(in French)
  16. "Sandrine Piat Auteure Autonomne".
  17. "Jean-Georges Prosper".
  18. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1994, p. 225.
  19. Belinda Jack, 'Renaud, Pierre', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here
  20. "Umar Timol".
  21. "Abhimanyu Unnuth".
  22. "Dev Virahsawmy".
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