Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a

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writer. She is a recipient of the

Grand prix des lectrices de Elle The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of ''Elle'' magazine. History Unlike other literary prizes that have professionals for their juries and selection committees, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle i ...

Biography

She was born in

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and was educated at

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and the

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. She moved to

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in 1968. She ran as a socialist candidate in the

Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...

department of France and also ran as a candidate for municipal government in Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes.

Selected works

Novels

* ''À l'autre bout de moi'' (1979), received the

* ''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 Raymonde Vincent (1908, Luant, Indre – 1985, Saint-Chartier, Indre) was a French woman of letters. She won the Prix Femina in 1937 for her novel '. Biography Originally from Berry, Raymonde Vincent was born near Châteauroux in a family of ...

, 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

1940 births Living people Mauritian novelists Mauritian women writers Mauritian women novelists Mauritian women short story writers Alumni of the University of Cambridge University of Paris alumni 20th-century Mauritian writers 21st-century Mauritian writers 20th-century women writers 21st-century women writers {{Mauritius-writer-stub