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

Early life and education

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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

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She is the second published Comorian woman prose writer, after Coralie Frei,[5] and has also published poetry.[6] Ames 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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.