List of Mauritian writers

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

• List of African writers by country
• Mauritian literature
• List of poets
• List of African poets

References

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
2. [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
3. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
4. [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

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2. Belinda Jack, "Mauritius and Reunion", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here .
3. 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.
4. Michel Golfier and Jean-Didier Wagneur, eds., Émile Goudeau: Dix ans de bohème, Champ Vallon, 2000, p. 418.
5. Srilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4.
6. Marina Carter and Khal Torabully, Coolitude: an anthology of the Indian labour diaspora, Anthem Press, 2002, p. 67.
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16. Nouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302
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18. Yusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island, Times of Pondicherry
19. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160.
20. "Shenaz Patel". Île en île. Lehman College.(French)
21. Belinda Jack, 'Prosper, Jean-George', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here .
22. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1994, p. 225.
23. Belinda Jack, 'Renaud, Pierre', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here
24. Francofonia, 48, p. 118.
25. Lutchmee Parsad Ramyead, The Establishment and Cultivation of Modern Standard Hindi in Mauritius, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, 1985.