Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1989) Winner
Édouard Maunick
エドゥアール・モーニック
Edouard Maunick
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-09-23 （Port Louis, Mauritius）
- Died
- 2021-04-10 （Paris, France） age 89
- Nationality
- Mauritian
- Languages
- French, English
- Residence History
- Port Louis (Mauritius) → Paris (France)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, translator, librarian, lecturer
- Active Years
- 1950-2021
- Influenced By
- Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Influenced
- Younger poets in Mauritius and the Francophone world
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Grand prix de la francophonie | — | — | Académie française | winner |
| 1977 | Prix Guillaume Apollinaire | Ensoleillé vif | — | — | winner |
Grand prix de la francophonie
2003
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Prix Guillaume Apollinaire
1977
Work:
Ensoleillé vif
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ensoleillé vif
1976 Poetry collectionA poetry collection addressing colonialism, race, solitude and identity. Winner of the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 1977.
Negritudeidentityisolationcolonialism
C.
Poetry collectionA collection of poems exploring the author's sense of isolation and experiences of discrimination. Exact publication year uncertain.
solitudediscriminationmixed-race experience
Bibliography
- Ensoleillé vif
- C.
- Elle & île - Poèmes d'une même passion
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical and symbolic French-language poetry, inheriting Negritude and critiquing colonialism while expressing personal solitude.
- Recurring Motifs
- the seanostalgiamixed-race and borderssolitudeoppression
Legacy
Édouard Maunick, a Mauritian French-language poet, is noted for blending Negritude traditions with personal themes of solitude. He received major honors such as the Académie française's Grand prix de la francophonie and influenced poets across the Francophone world, including in Mauritius.
Archives
- Lehman College 'Île en île' collection (biography, bibliography, recordings)
In Popular Culture
- Cultural influence through his sons' (notably Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick) musical activities
Trivia
- Won the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 1977 for 'Ensoleillé vif'.
- Received the Académie française Grand prix de la francophonie in 2003.
- Moved to Paris in 1960 and worked for Coopération Radiophonique as a writer, lecturer and director.
- His sons Jean-Paul (Bluey) and Olivier are musicians; Jean-Paul founded the UK band Incognito.