List of Mauritian writers

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 Azize Asgarally (1933– ), Francophone, Anglophone and Creolophone writer, playwright and activist Issa Asgarally GCSK (1949- ), Francophone writer Richard Sedley Assonne (1961– ), Creolophone and francophone writer Eric Bahloo (1964- ), Francophone writer Lilian Berthelot (1933-2012), Francophone writer Somdath Bhuckory (1921-1980), Francophone, Anglophone and Indophone writer. Lawyer and Town Clerk of Port Louis. Mohunlall Brijmohun (19– ), Indophone writer Marcel Cabon (1912–1972), Francophone novelistSrilata Ravi, Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies of Mauritius, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 4. Aslakha Callikan-Proag (1955-2020), Francophone writer Sabah Carrim (19– ), Anglophone writer Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981), writerEncyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture, edited by Alex Hughes and Keith Reader. Taylor and Francis, 2001 (pg. 245). Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poetBelinda Jack, 'Chasle, Raymond', Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here . Lindsey Collen (1948– ), Creolophone and anglophone novelist and essayist Ananda Devi (1957– ), Francophone writer Monique Dinan (1939- ), Francophone writer and journalist Christine Duverge (1969– ), Francophone writer Ashvin Dwarka (1977- ), Francophone writer and lawyer Bernard d'Espaignet, Francophone writer Jacques Edouard (1964– ), Francophone journalist, poet and writerIle Maurice: Jacques Edouard primé par la Masa, AllAfrica.com, 28 May 2008. Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalystBelinda Jack, "Fanchette, Jean", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here . Alain Gordon Gentil, Francophone writer and journalist Yacoob Ghanty (1940- ), Anglophone writer Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), Franco-Mauritian poet and novelistBelinda Jack, "Hart, Robert-Edward", Oxford Companion to French Literature. Reprinted online here . Shakuntala Hawoldar (1937–2018), Anglophone writer Sudhir Hazareesingh (1961- ), Anglophone and Francophone writer Evenor Hitié (1806-1901), Francophone writer Marie-Thérèse Humbert (1940– ) Francophone novelist Davina Itoo (1983– ), Francophone novelist Yusuf Kadel (1970– ), Francophone poet and playwrightYusuf Kadel, poet from the Mauritius Island , Times of Pondicherry Stefan Hart de Keating (1971– ), Francophone slam poetNouvelles études francophones, 23, p.302 Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Franco-Mauritian poetJean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'océan Indien, 1994, p. 160. Marcelle Lagesse (1916-2011), Francophone writer and journalist Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poetAllister Macmillan, Mauritius Illustrated: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources, p. 439. Magda Mamet (1916–2012), Francophone poet Jagadish Manrakhan (1938-2013), Anglophone writer and academic Edouard Maunick (1931– ), Francophone poet, writer, and diplomat Savinien Mérédac (Auguste Esnouf)(1880-1939), Francophone writer and engineer Alex Camille Moutou, Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian Anand Mulloo (1936- ), Anglophone writer and teacher Amédée Nagapen, Francophone writer and priest Jean-René Noyau (1911–1986 ), Surrealist francophone poet Shenaz Patel (1966– ), Francophone and Creole story writer, playwright and novelist Cassandra (Sandrine) Piat (1973– ), anglophone writer Ponsamy Poongavanon, francophone author Eugénie Poujade (1814-1881), poet and writer Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), francophone poet and author of the Mauritian national anthem Rivaltz Quenette (1928-2015), Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writerJean-Georges Prosper, Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française, Editions de l'Océan Indien, 1994, p. 225. Ramesh Ramdoyal (197–), anglophone writer and academic Pahlad Ramsurrun, Anglophone and Indophone writer and poet Karamchand Goswami Sewtohul, Anglophone, Francophone and Creole story writer Amal Sewtohul (1971–), Francophone writer and diplomat Natasha Soobramanien (197– ), anglophone writer Pierre De Sornay (1876-1968), francophone writer and agronomist Vijaya Teelock, Anglophone writer and historian Auguste Toussaint (1911-1987), francophone writer and archivist Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937–2018), Indophone writer, poet and essayist Khal Torabully (1956– ), Francophone and Creolophone poet and film-maker Alix Marrier d'Unienville (1918-2015), Francophone and anglophone writer, war hero and former spy Dev Virahsawmy (1942– ), Creolophone poet, novelist and essayist Hassam Wachill (1939– ), Francophone poet

See also List of African writers by country Mauritian literature List of poets List of African poets

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