Touhfat Mouhtare

Touhfat Mouhtare is a Comorian writer, and the second published women writer from Comoros.

Early life and education

Mouhtare was born 1986 in Moroni, Comoros.[1] She has lived in various countries in Africa, and studied in France,[2][3] where she received a master's degree in communications from the University of Paris.[4]

Career

She is the second published Comorian woman prose writer, after Coralie Frei,[5] and has also published poetry.[6] Âmes suspendues, a collection of novellas, was published in 2011.[1] Her first novel, Vert cru, was published in 2018.[1] Her writings evolve around mythology, transgenerational memory, psychology, spirituality, and humanism.[7]

Personal life

As of 2022, she lived in Paris.[1]

Bibliography

  • Âmes suspendues (coelacanthe, 2011)
  • Vert cru (KomEdit, 2018)
  • Le feu du milieu (Le bruit du monde, 2022). The Fire Within, trans. Rachael McGill (Dedalus Books, 2025)

Awards and honours

  • 2018: Mention spéciale du prix du Livre insulaire au salon d’Ouessant for Vert cru[8]
  • 2022: Prix Alain Spiess du deuxième roman for Le feu du milieu[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Marivat, Gladys (14 October 2022). "" Le Feu du Milieu ", de Touhfat Mouhtare : toutes les vies qui se puissent vivre" ['The Middle Fire', by Touhfat Mouhtare: all the lives that can be lived]. Le Monde (in French). ProQuest 2724177161.
  2. ↑ "Touhfat Mouhtare". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Africiné". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Touhfat Mouhtare". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Touhfat Mouhtare, une voix de femme et des promesses". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Touhfat MOUHTARE, une poétesse deS AfriqueS - Espace Dridjo". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Touhfat Mouhtare, Auteur à Terangaweb - L'Afrique des idées". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  8. ↑ BAL, Isabelle LE (2018-08-29). "#Prix du Livre insulaire 2018- Palmarès". Livre Insulaire - Ouessant (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-06.
  9. ↑ "Prix Alain Spiess du Deuxième Roman". Le Prix Alain Spiess du Deuxième Roman (in French). 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
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