Khal Torabully
Khal Torabully is a Mauritian poet.[1] He is a poet, essayist, film director and semiologist. He has won several literary awards, including Lettres-Frontière, Switzerland, Prix du Salon du Livre Insulaire, France and Prix Missives, France. He coined the word 'coolitude'.[1] Later, he was known as the 'Father of Coolitude'.[2]
Background
[edit]Torabully was born in the capital city Port Louis, Mauritius in 1956. His father was a Trinidadian sailor and his mother was a descendant of migrants from India and Malaya. He studied comparative literature at the University of Lyon II from 1976. Later, he did his PhD thesis in semiology of poetics with Michel Cusin.
He has authored over 25 books.[3] He indulged in linguistic acrobatics, like wordplay and neologisms, to heighten the seriousness of his themes.[4]
Films
[edit]- Pic Pic, Nomade d’une île, 1996.
- La traboule des vagues, multi broadcast Tele Lyon Metropole.
- Malcolm de Chazal, (52'), portrait of an artist, with France Telecom.
- Portraits de Mémoire en Gironde, France, 2010.
- The Maritime Memory of the Arabs, Oman TV, Chamarel Films, France 2001.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Visiting Poet: Nancy Naomi Carlson on Khal Torabully". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "Potomitan - Khal Torabully: The Father of Coolitude (Mauritius)". www.potomitan.info. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "From Négritude to Coolitude: The Visionary Poetry of Khal Torabully - Wed, 03/23/2022 | Bennington College". www.bennington.edu. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "Three Poems by Khal Torabully". World Literature Today. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Mauritian writers
- 20th-century French poets
- People from Port Louis District
- Mauritian people of Indian descent
- Mauritian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- Mauritian people of Malaysian descent
- French male poets
- French people of Indian descent
- French people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- French people of Malaysian descent
- 21st-century Mauritian writers
- 21st-century French poets
- University of Lyon alumni
- 20th-century French male writers
- 21st-century French male writers