Ben-Ousséni Mansour, ''alias'' Manou Mansour (
Mamoudzou
Mamoudzou (; ''Momojou'') is the capital city of Mayotte, a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte. It is located on Grande-Terre (or Maoré), the main isla ...
,
Mayotte
Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...
, 24 February 1980) is a French poet.
He is the eldest of nine children of Ousséni Mansour (nurse) and Amina Angatahi (housewife). He grew up in the south of
Mayotte
Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...
island, in
Bouéni
Bouéni () is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean.
Geography
The commune of Bouéni, includes several villages :
* Moinatrindri
* Hagnoundrou
* Majiméouni
* Bambo-Ouest
Bambo-Ouest is a village ...
.
Works
*''Lettres mahoraises'' (2008)
*''L'auberge mahoraise'' (2009)
*''Odes à l'homme perverti'' (2009)
*''La Poésie en soi-Amante du Poète'' (2010)
*''Ravi que le temps ait juste un peu rouillé mes terres '' (2012)
*''Le droit de renaître'' (2012)
References and external links
www.babelio.com
1980 births
Living people
French poets
21st-century French non-fiction writers
Mayotte writers
French male poets
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