Ananda Devi

Mauritian writer · Mauritius · On the map · Writers · Born 1957 · age 69

Ananda Devi Nirsimloo-Anenden, also known as Ananda Devi, is a francophone Mauritian author. She is the 2024 recipient of the Neustadt Prize, known as the "American Nobel."

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A life in dates

2023Grand Prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du Roman ÉtrangerAwardPrix de la langue françaiseAward2022Grand Prix du Roman MétisAward2021Officer of Arts and LettersAwardPrix Femina des lycéensAward2019“I had just received the Ouest France Étonnants Voyageurs prize. Between that moment and my first book, Solstices, forty years had passed.”In their words5 May 2019Ananda Devi: The Tale of a Life;By Sunday / The Weekly, retrieved on 5 May 2019Read the whole statement

“It all begins with them, the source, the origins, this intimate light that has always guided us, my sisters, Soorya and Salonee, and me.”In their words5 May 2019Ananda Devi: The Tale of a Life;BySunday / The Weekly,retrived on 5 May 2019Read the whole statement

2018Prix Ouest France - Étonnants VoyageursAward2010Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAwardLouis Guilloux PrizeAward2006Prix des cinq continents de la francophonieAwardPrix RFO du livreAward1957Born23 March 1957

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