Magda Mamet

Magda Mamet (1916 – late January 2012) was a Mauritian-born poet.

Magda Mamet
Born	1916 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Died	late January 2012 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Genre	Vers libre

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. 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.

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.

References

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..