List of Mauritian writers

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This is a list of writers from Mauritius who write in predominantly in French language:

  • Nathacha Appanah (1973– ), Francophone writer
  • (1933– ), Francophone, Anglophone and Creolophone writer, playwright and activist[1][2]
  • Issa Asgarally GCSK (1949- ), Francophone writer[3]
  • Richard Sedley Assonne (1961– ), Creolophone and francophone writer[4]
  • Eric Bahloo (1964- ), Francophone writer[5]
  • Lilian Berthelot (1933-2012), Francophone writer[6]
  • Mohunlall Brijmohun (19– ), Indophone writer[7]
  • Marcel Cabon (1912–1972), Francophone novelist[8]
  • Aslakha Callikan-Proag (1955-2020), Francophone writer[9]
  • Sabah Carrim (19– ), Anglophone writer [10]
  • Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981), writer [11][12]
  • Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poet[13]
  • Lindsey Collen (1948– ), Creolophone and anglophone novelist and essayist
  • Ananda Devi (1957– ), Francophone writer [14]
  • Monique Dinan (1939- ), Francophone writer and journalist[15]
  • Chit Dukhira (1939- ), Anglophone writer[16]
  • Christine Duverge (1969– ), Francophone writer [17]
  • Ashvin Dwarka (1977- ), Francophone writer and lawyer[18][19]
  • Bernard d'Espaignet, Francophone writer[20][21]
  • Jacques Edouard (1964– ), Francophone journalist, poet and writer[22]
  • Jean Fanchette (1932–1992), Francophone poet and psychoanalyst[23]
  • Alain Gordon Gentil, Francophone writer and journalist[24]
  • Robert-Edward Hart (1891–1954), Franco-Mauritian poet and novelist[25]
  • Shakuntala Hawoldar (1937–2018), Anglophone writer[26]
  • Kissoonsingh Hazareesingh, Anglophone and Francophone writer[27]
  • Sudhir Hazareesingh (1961- ), Anglophone and Francophone writer[28]
  • (1806-1901), Francophone writer[29]
  • Marie-Thérèse Humbert (1940– ) Francophone novelist[30]
  • Davina Itoo (1983– ), Francophone novelist[31][32]
  • Yusuf Kadel (1970– ), Francophone poet and playwright[33]
  • Stefan Hart de Keating (1971– ), Francophone slam poet[34]
  • Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973), Franco-Mauritian poet[35]
  • Marcelle Lagesse (1916-2011), Francophone writer and journalist[36][37]
  • Philippe Lenoir, Francophone and Anglophone writer[38]
  • Léoville L'Homme (1857–1928), Francophone poet[39]
  • Jagadish Manrakhan (1938-2013), Anglophone writer and academic[40]
  • Edouard Maunick (1931– ), Francophone poet, writer, and diplomat[Gikandi][Jahn][Killam & Rowe]
  • Savinien Mérédac (Auguste Esnouf)(1880-1939), Francophone writer and engineer[41]
  • Alex Camille Moutou, Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian[42]
  • (1936- ), Anglophone writer and teacher[43][44][45]
  • Amédée Nagapen, Francophone writer and priest[46]
  • Jean-René Noyau (1911–1986 ), Surrealist francophone poet[47]
  • Shenaz Patel (1966– ), Francophone and Creole story writer, playwright and novelist[48]
  • Cassandra (Sandrine) Piat (1973– ), anglophone writer[49]
  • Denis Piat (1943- ), francophone and anglophone writer[50][51]
  • Geneviève Pitot (1930-2002), structural engineer and author in German, French and English languages[52][53][54]
  • Jean-Georges Prosper (1933– ), francophone poet and author of the Mauritian national anthem[55]
  • Rivaltz Quenette (1928-2015), Anglophone and Francophone writer and historian[56]
  • Camille de Rauville (1910– ), Francophone writer[57]
  • (197–), anglophone writer and academic[58][59][60][61]
  • , Anglophone and Indophone writer and poet[62]
  • Pierre Renaud (1921–1976), Francophone poet[63]
  • , Anglophone, Francophone and Creole story writer[64][65]
  • Amal Sewtohul (1971–), Francophone writer and diplomat[66][67]
  • Natasha Soobramanien (197– ), anglophone writer[68]
  • Pierre De Sornay (1876-1968), francophone writer and agronomist[69]
  • Vijaya Teelock, Anglophone writer and historian[70][71]
  • Umar Timol (1970– ), francophone writer and poet [72]
  • Auguste Toussaint (1911-1987), francophone writer and archivist[73][74][75]
  • Saradha Soobrayen (1974– ), Anglophone poet[76]
  • Abhimanyu Unnuth (1937–2018), Indophone writer, poet and essayist[77]
  • Khal Torabully (1956– ), Francophone and Creolophone poet and film-maker[78]
  • Alix Marrier d'Unienville (1918-2015), Francophone and anglophone writer, war hero and former spy[79]
  • Moonindra Nath Varma (1929-2018), Anglophone writer[80][81]
  • Dev Virahsawmy (1942– ), Creolophone poet, novelist and essayist [82]
  • Hassam Wachill (1939– ), Francophone poet[83]

See also

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