Coralie Frei (born October 12, 1951) is a Comorian nurse and writer currently living in

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. She is the first Comorian woman to write a novel, and has also written poetry. Born in Ouani, she began her studies in her native town before continuing them in

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and at the Lycée Saïd Mohamed Cheik in Moroni. After obtaining a '' baccalaureat'' in philosophy in 1973, she married, but it did not last, and she travelled to France for further study and to seek a divorce. Frei continued her studies of

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, at the Universities of

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and Pau, and remarried there. Upon receiving her degree in Pau, she chose instead to take a nurse's diploma. She raised five children during this time, and is a grandmother of 4 granddaughters and 5 grandsons. She has written throughout her life, producing poetry as well as fiction; she writes in both

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. She has published six books and two CDs, and some of her poetry has been set to music.

Works

Frei's works include: *''La perle des Comores'' *''L'autre côté de l'océan'' *''Le journal de Maya. Confidences d'un chat''

References

External links

Author's webpage
1951 births Living people Comorian women writers Comorian novelists Comorian poets Women novelists Comorian women poets 20th-century poets 20th-century women writers 21st-century poets 21st-century novelists 21st-century women writers Swiss nurses People from Anjouan Comorian expatriates in Switzerland University of Toulouse alumni Comorian writers in French German-language writers Comorian expatriates in France {{Comoros-writer-stub