Marie-Thérèse Humbert
Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a Mauritian writer.[1]
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
- 1 2 3 "Marie-Thérèse Humbert". Île en île. Lehman College.(French)
- ↑ "Marie-Thérèse Humbert, romancière mauricienne : " La misère est la plus grande tragédie que l'on peut vivre "". Le Mauritien. April 17, 2014.(French)
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