Édouard Joseph Marc Maunick (23 September 1931 – 10 April 2021) was a Mauritian poet, critic, and translator.[1]
Biography
Maunick was a métis or mulatto, and as such was the subject of discrimination from both blacks and whites. He worked briefly as a librarian in Port-Louis before going to Paris in 1960, where he wrote, lectured, and directed for Coopération Radiophonique. He was also a frequent contributor to Présence Africaine and other journals.
Maunick's work was based not in the more traditional search for roots to establish an individual identity. Instead, he lamented his own isolation and the persecution of his people in poetry collections such as C.
Édouard’s sons, Jean-Paul and Olivier are also musicians and songwriters.
Jean-Paul (Bluey) is a world wide record producer and the founder of the UK band Incognito. Bluey is based in the UK whilst his younger brother Olivier has established himself in Paris (France).
Édouard’s Daughter also lives in the UK (minutes away from her mother and brother, Jean-Paul)
References
^David Coward A History of French Literature: From Chanson de geste to Cinema 2008 - 640 "..in essays and a novel by Marcel Cabon (1912–72), defender of enracinement, while Édouard Maunick (b. 1931) maintained faith with the ideals of Negritude, and Malcolm de Chazal (1902–81) pursued a more visionary course."