Marie-Thérèse Humbert
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[1]
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
References
- ^ a b c "Marie-Thérèse Humbert". Île en île. Lehman College.(in French)
- ^ "Marie-Thérèse Humbert, romancière mauricienne : " La misère est la plus grande tragédie que l'on peut vivre "". Le Mauritien. April 17, 2014.(in French)
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