List of Mauritian writers explained

This is a list of writers & authors from Mauritius who write in French, English or Hindi languages:

• Nathacha Appanah (1973–), Francophone writer
• Rajendra Arun (1945–2021), Hindi writer^{[1] [2]}
• Azize Asgarally (1933–), Francophone, Anglophone and Creolophone writer, playwright and activist^{[3] [4]}
• Issa Asgarally GCSK (1949-), Francophone writer^[5]
• Richard Sedley Assonne (1961–), Creolophone and francophone writer^[6]
• Eric Bahloo (1964-), Francophone writer^[7]
• Lilian Berthelot (1933-2012), Francophone writer^[8]
• Somdath Bhuckory (1921-1980), Francophone, Anglophone and Indophone writer. Lawyer and Town Clerk of Port Louis.^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Mohunlall Brijmohun (19–), Indophone writer^[12]
• Marcel Cabon (1912–1972), Francophone novelist^[13]
• Aslakha Callikan-Proag (1955-2020), Francophone writer^[14]
• Sabah Carrim (19–), Anglophone writer^[15]
• Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981), writer^{[16] [17]}
• Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poet^[18]
• Lindsey Collen (1948–), Creolophone and anglophone novelist and essayist
• Ananda Devi (1957–), Francophone writer^[19]
• Monique Dinan (1939-), Francophone writer and journalist^[20]
• Christine Duverge (1969–), Francophone writer^[21]
• Ashvin Dwarka (1977-), Francophone writer and lawyer^{[22] [23]}
• Bernard d'Espaignet, Francophone writer^{[24] [25]}
• Jacques Edouard (1964–), Francophone journalist, poet and writer^[26]
• Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalyst^[27]
• Alain Gordon Gentil, Francophone writer and journalist^[28]
• Yacoob Ghanty (1940-), Anglophone writer^{[29] [30]}
• Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), Franco-Mauritian poet and novelist^[31]
• Shakuntala Hawoldar (1937–2018), Anglophone writer^[32]
• Sudhir Hazareesingh (1961-), Anglophone and Francophone writer^[33]
• Evenor Hitié (1806-1901), Francophone writer^[34]
• Marie-Thérèse Humbert (1940–) Francophone novelist^[35]
• Davina Itoo (1983–), Francophone novelist^{[36] [37]}
• Yusuf Kadel (1970–), Francophone poet and playwright^[38]
• Stefan Hart de Keating (1971–), Francophone slam poet^[39]
• Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Franco-Mauritian poet^[40]
• Marcelle Lagesse (1916-2011), Francophone writer and journalist^{[41] [42]}
• Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poet^[43]
• Magda Mamet (1916–2012), Francophone poet^[44]
• Jagadish Manrakhan (1938-2013), Anglophone writer and academic^[45]
• Edouard Maunick (1931–), Francophone poet, writer, and diplomat
• Savinien Mérédac (Auguste Esnouf)(1880-1939), Francophone writer and engineer^[46]
• Alex Camille Moutou, Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian^[47]
• Anand Mulloo (1936-), Anglophone writer and teacher^{[48] [49] [50]}
• Amédée Nagapen, Francophone writer and priest^[51]
• Jean-René Noyau (1911–1986), Surrealist francophone poet^[52]
• Shenaz Patel (1966–), Francophone and Creole story writer, playwright and novelist^[53]
• Cassandra (Sandrine) Piat (1973–), anglophone writer^[54]
• Ponsamy Poongavanon, francophone author^[55]
• Eugénie Poujade (1814-1881), poet and writer^[56]
• Jean-Georges Prosper (1933–), francophone poet and author of the Mauritian national anthem^[57]
• Rivaltz Quenette (1928-2015), Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian^[58]
• Camille de Rauville (1910–), Francophone writer^[59]
• Ramesh Ramdoyal (197–), anglophone writer and academic^{[60] [61] [62] [63]}
• Pahlad Ramsurrun, Anglophone and Indophone writer and poet^[64]
• Karamchand Goswami Sewtohul, Anglophone, Francophone and Creole story writer^{[65] [66]}
• Amal Sewtohul (1971–), Francophone writer and diplomat^{[67] [68]}
• Natasha Soobramanien (197–), anglophone writer^[69]
• Pierre De Sornay (1876-1968), francophone writer and agronomist^[70]
• Vijaya Teelock, Anglophone writer and historian^{[71] [72]}
• Auguste Toussaint (1911-1987), francophone writer and archivist^{[73] [74] [75]}
• Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937–2018), Indophone writer, poet and essayist^[76]
• Khal Torabully (1956–), Francophone and Creolophone poet and film-maker^[77]
• Alix Marrier d'Unienville (1918-2015), Francophone and anglophone writer, war hero and former spy^[78]
• Dev Virahsawmy (1942–), Creolophone poet, novelist and essayist^[79]
• Hassam Wachill (1939–), Francophone poet^[80]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betchoo . Nirmal . Shri Rajendra Arun : A Ramayana legacy (02-August-2021) . Le Mauricien . 31 December 2023.
2. Web site: Obituary Rajendra Arun Journalist & Ramayana Scholar (25-June-2021) . Mauritius Times . 1 January 2024.
3. The Vernacular Life of the Street: Ratsitatanina and Indian Ocean Créolité . 2008. Taylor and Francis Online . 10.1080/01440390802267782. 2008-09-29. Larson. Pier M.. Slavery & Abolition. 29. 3. 327–359. 145398775.
4. Web site: Que sont-ils devenus? Azize Asgarally: le dramaturge profite de sa retraite politique . L'Express . 2018-06-02.
5. Web site: Décorés de la République : Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun élevée au rang de GCSK . Defimedia . 2020-03-12.
6. Web site: SEDLEY RICHARD ASSONE: La poésie et la vie profonde . 17 July 2011 . Le Mauricien . 2011-07-17.
7. Web site: PUBLICATION:Eric Bahloo, l'affaire Azor Adelaïde . 20 November 2011 . Le Mauricien . 2011-11-20.
8. Web site: NÉCROLOGIE — LILIAN BERTHELOT: Une grande dame s'en est allée . 18 August 2012 . Le Mauricien . 2012-08-18.
9. Web site: Moris . E. . Mars 1972 à la Municipalité de Port Louis: Le prince Phillip et Somdath Bhuckory . Zinfos . 2021-04-09.
10. Web site: Books written by Somdath Bhuckory . World Cat . 2022-01-01.
11. Web site: Honorary Freedom of the City . Municipality of Port Louis . 2022-01-01.
12. Web site: Boodhoo . Sarita . Mohunlall Brijmohun, a Veteran Creative Hindi Writer . 17 March 2017 . Mauritius Times . 2017-03-17.
13. Srilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4.
14. Web site: Assonne . Sedley . Aslakha Callikan-Proag a rejoint Marcel Cabon . 29 May 2020 . Mauritius Times . 2020-05-29.
15. Web site: PORTRAIT: Sabah Carrim, enseignante et philosophe . 17 June 2012 . Le Mauricien . 2012-06-17.
16. Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture, edited by Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. Taylor and Francis,2001 (pg. 245).
17. Web site: The Writer Behind the Name . www.irvingweiss.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140211055725/http://irvingweiss.net/IWEBPAGE/IRVING_WEISS_1.html . 2014-02-11.
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19. News: Ananda Devi - Île en île. 2001-05-12. Île en île. 2018-07-03. fr-FR.
20. Web site: Seetamonee . Rajmeela . La vie à deux - Pierre et Monique Dinan : " Nous avons vécu une belle vie " . Defimedia . 2018-04-15.
21. News: Christine Duvergé, la course à la reconnaissance. Rédaction. La. 2017-07-11. lexpress.mu. 2018-07-03. fr.
22. Web site: LITTÉRATURE : Ashvin Dwarka remporte le Prix Jean Fanchette 2013 . 19 June 2013 . Le Mauricien . 2013-06-19.
23. Web site: Le notaire Ashvin Krishna Dwarka rafle le prix Jean-Fanchette . 18 June 2013 . L'Express . 2013-06-18.
24. Web site: BERTRAND D'ESPAIGNET (II) : " Je suis un romancier romanesque " . 20 April 2013 . Le Mauricien . 2013-04-20.
25. Web site: Bertrand d'Espaignet : La saga des bâtards . L'Express . 2013-04-09.
26. http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200805280900.html Ile Maurice: Jacques Edouard primé par la Masa
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28. Web site: Books by Alain Gordon-Gentil . Good Reads . 2021-07-20.
29. Web site: Bibliography of Yacoob Ghanty . WorldCat . 2021-11-28.
30. Web site: Toorawa . Shawkat . Strange bedfellows . Wasafiri . 2021-11-28.
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32. Web site: Curpen . Indradev . Shakuntala Howaldar: The Human Journey is full of obstacles but we have to carry on . Defimedia . 2017-07-22.
33. Web site: Works written by Sudhir Hazareesingh . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
34. Web site: HISTOIRE D'UNE COLONIE—EVENOR HITIÉ (1806-1901): Ce qui est interessant, c'est les rapports des populations entr'elles . Le Mauricien . 2014-06-07.
35. Web site: Marie-Thérèse Humbert . Île en île . 18 November 2008 . Lehman College.
36. News: Le Bon. Sylvestre. 16 October 2015. Notice Bio. fr. 6. Le Matinal.
37. Web site: Le Bon. Sylvestre. 2015-10-16. À lettres ouvertes: "Au lieu d'apprendre leur histoire, les Mauriciens préfèrent s'ancrer dans le matérialisme". unfit. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017120821/http://www.lematinal.com/news/local/10287-%C3%A0-lettres-ouvertes-%E2%80%9Cau-lieu-d%E2%80%99apprendre-leur-histoire,-les-mauriciens-pr%C3%A9f%C3%A8rent-s%E2%80%99ancrer-dans-le-mat%C3%A9rialisme%E2%80%9D.html. 2015-10-17. Le Matinal. fr.
38. http://www.timesofpondicherry.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:yusuf-kadel-poet-from-the-mauritius-island&catid=41:artsliterary&Itemid=78 Yusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island
39. Nouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302
40. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160.
41. Web site: Marcelle Lagesse, un symbole de la littérature mauricienne s'en est allée . L'Express . 2011-03-08.
42. Web site: Books written by Marcelle Lagesse . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
43. Allister Macmillan, Mauritius Illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources, p. 439.
44. Web site: Books authored by Mamet, Magda . 2023-09-10 . www.worldcat.org.
45. Web site: Books by Jagadish Manrakhan . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
46. Web site: Daby . Pradeep . Savinien Mérédac raconte l'histoire de Polyte, esclave émancipé . Defimedia . 2018-10-13.
47. Web site: Mémoire collective . L'Express . 2007-03-19.
48. Web site: Anand Mulloo: Il faut décloisonner l'enseignement . 4 May 2019 . L'Express . 2019-05-04.
49. Web site: Anand Mulloo on the realities of the Indian diaspora . 20 December 2005 . L'Express . 2005-12-20.
50. Web site: Books written by Anand Mulloo . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
51. Web site: Books written by Amédée Nagapen . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
52. Web site: HOMMAGE: Jean Erenne, entre poétique et politique . 28 October 2012 . Le Mauricien . 2012-10-28.
53. Web site: Shenaz Patel . Île en île . 10 July 2004 . Lehman College.
54. Web site: Sandrine Piat Auteure Autonomne.
55. Web site: Nursingen . Selvanee . Ex-condamné à mort: 15 ans après, Sam Poongavanon revient sur sa libération . L'Express . 2022-03-29.
56. Book: Staaff, Ferdinand Natanael . La littérature franc̜aise depuis la formation de la langue jusqu'à nos jours: Lectures choisies par le colonel Staaff . 1885 . Didier et Cie . 1314 . fr.
57. News: Jean-Georges Prosper.
58. Web site: NÉCROLOGIE : Décès de Louis Rivaltz Quenette . 13 July 2015 . Le Mauricien . 2015-07-13.
59. Jean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1994, p. 225.
60. Web site: Soobarah . Paramanund . 'Vinn Vit' or 'Vine Vite'? . 5 September 2010 . Mauritius Times . 2010-09-05.
61. Book: Tales from Mauritius by Ramesh Ramdoyal . World Cat . 834746976 . 2021-07-20.
62. Web site: Daby . Pradeep . Jean-Marie Le Clezio : "L'indépendance a apporté ce souffle indispensable à la littérature" . Defimedia . 2018-04-21.
63. Web site: Ramesh Ramdoyal: Tôt ou tard, le kreol aura droit de cité au Parlement . 8 December 2018 . L'Express . 2018-12-08.
64. Web site: Curpen . Indradev . Pahlad Ramsurrun a prolific writer . Defimedia . 2017-05-01.
65. Web site: d’Unienville . Raymond . Orthographe: adieu créole? . 25 May 2018 . L'Express . 2018-05-25.
66. Web site: Karamchand Goswami Sewtohul . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
67. Web site: Amal Sewtohul écrivain de Maurice . Africultures . 2021-07-20.
68. Book: Nomadic Belonging: Amal Sewtohul's Histoire d'Ashok et d'autres personnages de moindre importance and Made in Mauritius . January 2019 . Cambridge University Press . 9781786949493 . 2021-07-20.
69. Web site: Biography of Natasha Soobramanien . Myriad Editions . 2021-07-20.
70. Web site: Textual works of Pierre de Sornay (1876-1968) . BNF . 2021-07-20.
71. Web site: Books written by Vijaya Teelock . World Cat . 2021-07-20.
72. Web site: Vijaya Teelock publie un guide sur l'histoire de Maurice en ligne et sur papier . Ion News . 2018-12-11.
73. Web site: de L'Estrac . Jean Claude . La Terre Sève (1-6) . L'Express . 2020-06-13.
74. Web site: La cathédrale St James en quête de fonds pour sa rénovation . ION News . 2018-10-14.
75. Web site: Summary biography of Auguste Toussaint . Wayback Machine Archives . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720232100/http://daf.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/sdx-222-daf-bora-ap/ap/pdf.xsp?id=DAFANCAOM00AP_000000151&f=d.pdf. 2021-07-20. 20 July 2011.
76. News: Abhimanyu Unnuth.
77. Ette . Ottmar . Khal Torabully. "Coolies" and corals, or living in transarchipelagic worlds . Journal of the African Literature Association . 2017 . 11 . 112–119 . Taylor and Francis . 10.1080/21674736.2017.1335948 . 148751778 . free .
78. Web site: Books written by Alix Marrier d'Unienville . World Cat . 2021-08-01.
79. News: Dev Virahsawmy.
80. Web site: L'ELOGE DE L'OMBRE D'HASSAM WACHILL . Recours au Poème . 2014-04-22.