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Malcolm de Chazal (12 September 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand aphorisms and pensées.
Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981), writer [16] [17] Raymond Chasle (1930–1996), Francophone diplomat and poet [ 18 ] Lindsey Collen (1948– ), Creolophone and anglophone novelist and essayist
While Kreol Morisyen is the most spoken language on in Mauritius, most of the literature is written in French, although many authors write in English, Bhojpuri, and Morisyen. Mauritius's renowned playwright Dev Virahsawmy writes exclusively in Morisyen. Important authors include Malcolm de Chazal, Ananda Devi, Raymond Chasle, and Edouard Maunick.
In 1939 the Jan Andolan was founded by activist Basdeo Bissoondoyal soon after his return from tertiary studies in India, at the start of World War II.The term Jan Andolan literally means movement of the people.
Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/Prussia, nf/p), synonym Belle van Zuylen Leslie Charteris (1907–1993, England, f/d) Alain Chartier (c. 1385–1430, France, p/nf)
The French writer and painter Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) called the central image of Jupiter and Semele "this birth-death in one". The Swedish surrealist Ragnar von Holten (1934–2009) described the work as "an allegory of regeneration by death". [citation needed]
De Chazal was born on 15 December 1770, in Port Louis, Isle de France. He was deputy of the district of Pamplemousses, in the colonial Assembly of the Isle de France. He was an amateur painter and is known for his portrait of the British cartographer and Royal Navy captain Matthew Flinders, painted in 1806–1807. [1] The fourth edition of the ...
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