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Carl de Souza

Carl de Souza is a Mauritian novelist, short story writer, and academic. He began writing in French around 1980, with Halley’s La Cométe receiving the Pierre Renaud Prize in Maurit...voir plusCarl de Souza is a Mauritian novelist, short story writer, and academic. He began writing in French around 1980, with Halley’s La Cométe receiving the Pierre Renaud Prize in Mauritius in 1986. His works are based on the history of Mauritius and its people. Kaya Days, a dramatization of the race riots following the death of the seggae singer Kaya, will be published by Two Lines Press in 2021 in translation from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman. It is his first work to be translated into English. He lives in Mont Piton, Mauritius.voir moins