Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice

The award of the 1921 Goncourt prize to a black –namely, René Maran– was received as a shock wave by the Mauritian intelligentsia. Indeed, Mauritian literature was then totally focussed on European values and, apart from the writer and columnist Léoville L’Homme (alias Léon Lauret), local press crit...

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Main Author: Robert Furlong
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Language:English
Published: Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/coma/8789
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Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
Continents manuscrits
René Maran
Batouala
Mauritius
critical review
Mauritian press
title Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
title_full Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
title_fullStr Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
title_full_unstemmed Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
title_short Batouala de René Maran, prix Goncourt 1921 : l’accueil de l’Île Maurice
title_sort batouala de rene maran prix goncourt 1921 l accueil de l ile maurice
topic René Maran
Batouala
Mauritius
critical review
Mauritian press
url https://journals.openedition.org/coma/8789
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