Touhfat Mouhtare is a Comorian writer, and the second published women writer from Comoros.
Early life and education Mouhtare was born 1986 in Moroni, Comoros. She has lived in various countries in Africa, and studied in France, where she received a master's degree in communications from the University of Paris.
Career She is the second published Comorian woman prose writer, after Coralie Frei, and has also published poetry. Âmes suspendues, a collection of novellas, was published in 2011. Her first novel, Vert cru, was published in 2018. Her writings evolve around mythology, transgenerational memory, psychology, spirituality, and humanism.
Personal life As of 2022, she lived in Paris.
Bibliography
Âmes suspendues (coelacanthe, 2011) Vert cru (KomEdit, 2018) Le feu du milieu (Le bruit du monde, 2022). The Fire Within, trans. Rachael McGill (Dedalus Books, 2025)
Awards and honours
2018: Mention spéciale du prix du Livre insulaire au salon d’Ouessant for Vert cru 2022: Prix Alain Spiess du deuxième roman for Le feu du milieu
References