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]
• Christelle Barbe/suicidollxp (1983- ) Comics writer.
• 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]
• Sabah Carrim (1982– ) Anglophone writer
• 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.^[10]
• Maurice Duverge (1849–1891), Francophone poet.^[11]
• Jacques Edouard (1964– ), Francophone journalist, poet and writer.^[12]
• Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalyst.^[13]
• Charles Gueuvin (1834–1905), Francophone poet.^[14]
• Aqiil Gopee (1997– ), young writer and poet
• Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), francophone poet and novelist.^[15]
• Marie-Thérèse Humbert (b. 1940) Francophone novelist.^[16]
• Stefan Hart De Keating (1971– ), Francophone slam poet.^[17]
• J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940– ), Francophone writer also associated with France.
• Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poet.^[18]
• Yusuf Kadel (1970– ), Francophone poet and playwright.^[19]
• Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Francophone poet.^[20]
• 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 ^[21]
• Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), poet.^[22]
• Dhishna Radhay^[23] (1982– ) Anglophone writer
• Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writer.^[24]
• Pierre Renaud (1921–1976), Francophone poet.^[25]
• Amal Sewtohul (1971– ), diplomat and writer in French and Mauritian Creole.^[26]
• Khal Torabully (1956– ), Francophone poet.
• Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920), Francophone poet and writer in French and Mauritian Creole.
• Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937– ), Hindi writer.^[27]
• 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