Khal Torabully is a

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notabl ...

poet. Born in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

in 1956, in the capital city

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, his father was a

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sailor and his mother was a descendant of migrants from

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and Malaya.

Work

Khal Torabully left for

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

in 1976, to study at the University of Lyon II. After studies in

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

, Torabully wrote a PhD thesis in

semiology Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes (semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something, ...

of p oetics with Michel Cusin. Khal Torabully has won several literary awards, among which ettres-Frontière(Switzerland), rix du Salon du Livre Insulaire(France) and rix Missives(France).

Films

* Pic Pic, Nomade d’une île, 1996. * La traboule des vagues, multibroadcast 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torabully, Khal 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