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Mauritian writer
Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a
Mauritian writer.
[1] She is a recipient of the
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle.
Biography
She was born in
Quatre Bornes and was educated at
Cambridge University and the
Sorbonne. She moved to
France in 1968.
[1] She ran as a socialist candidate in the
Indre department of France and also ran as a candidate for municipal government in
Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes.
[2]
Selected works
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Novels
- À l'autre bout de moi (1979), received the
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle.
- Le Volkameria (1984)
- Une robe d'écume et de vent (1989)
- Un fils d'orage (1992), received the Prix Terre de France
- La montagne des signaux (1994)
- Le chant du seringat la nuit (1997)
- Amy (1998)
- Comme un voile d'ombres (2000)
Short stories
- "En guise de préface" in Maurice, le tour de l'île en quatre-vingts lieux (1994)
- "Parole de femme" in Au tour des femmes (1995)
- "De la lumière, de l'amour et du silence", "Le tout ainsi, en vrac" and "Clopin-clopant" in
Raymonde Vincent, 1908-1985, hommages (1995)
- "Adeline" in Tombeau du cœur de François II (1997)
- "La véritable histoire de notre mère Eve au Jardin d'Eden" in Elles, Histoires de femmes (1999)
- "Les galants de Lydie" in Une enfance outremer (2001)
- "Fraternité ; hommage au poète Édouard Maunick" in Riveneuve Continents, Winter 2009-2010
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