Magda Mamet (1916 – late January 2012[1]) was a Mauritian-born poet.
Biography
Magda Mamet was born in 1916 in Beau Bassin-Rose Hill to a Franco-Mauritian family, she was the daughter of Evenor Mamet, himself a poet. After studying at Sorbonne University, she returned to Mauritius and became a literary critic in a newspaper on the island, Le Cernéen. She then began to publish collections of poetry. Her first poems were published in Mauritian literary journal L'Essor.[2] She was one of the first female writers on the island, even though she was preceded in the interwar period by another poet, Raymonde de Kervern.[3]
Her poetry is characterised by social themes, such as injustice and hypocrisy, likely due to her attachment to Catholicism and, in turn, by the use of vers libre.[2]
References
- ^ "POÉSIE: Magda Mamet s'en est allée". Le Mauricien (in French). 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ a b Riffard 2013, p. 2733
- ^ Issur & Hookoomsing 2001, p. 396
Bibliography and general references
- Cornevin, Robert (13 March 1976). "Cent soixante-treize ans de littérature mauricienne" (in French). Le Monde..
- Prosper, Jean-Georges (1994). Histoire de la littérature mauricienne de langue française (in French) (Éditions de l'océan Indien ed.). pp. 22, 25, 234, 349..
- Noiray, Jacques; Hausser, Michel (1998). "Magda Mamet". Littératures francophones (in French). Éditions Belin. p. 180..
- Issur, Kumari R.; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (2001). L'océan Indien dans les littératures francophones : pays réels, pays rêvés, pays révélés (in French). Éditions Karthala. p. 396..
- Riffard, Claire (2013). Le dictionnaire universel des créatrices (in French). Éditions des femmes. p. 2733..
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