Magie Faure-Vidot (also known as Mrs. Maggie Vijay-Kumar or Magic Mags)[1] is a French-language poet from the Seychelles who has also published work in English and Seychellois Creole.[2] She is the Regional Director at Motivational Strips, the world’s most active writers forum and heads East Africa and Asia Region. She is also a member of the Institut Académique de Paris and the Académie Internationale de Lutèce.[3] She has received numerous prizes, including the Coupe de la Ville de Paris, a Lyre d'honneur, and medals in various international literary competitions.[4][5][6][7] Her work has been discussed in critical studies of Seychellois literature,[8][9][10] and she has garnered recognition as an oral performer.[11] Her work has been featured at international poetry festivals, and she has represented her home country on various literary platforms.[12][13][14]

Life and career

Magie Faure-Vidot was born in Victoria, Seychelles.

After living in the United States, Lebanon, England, Italy, and France, Faure-Vidot returned to the Seychelles.[2] There, she co-founded and currently co-directs the online literary review Vents Alizés[15] and the online publishing house Edisyon Losean Endyen, both of which she runs in conjunction with Hungarian poet Károly Sándor Pallai.[16] Her work is regularly published in Seychelles Nation and The People, and she is the Chief Editor and Director of Publication of Sipay, the only Seychellois International literary magazine.[17][18][4] She is also heavily engaged in the cultural life of her country,[7][19] and she has shown her work at exhibitions of art by local women.[20] Her poems were published in the international poetry anthology Amaravati Poetic Prism in India. In 2017, 2018, and 2019, she received the Seychelles Arts Award in literature for her literary work.[21] She writes for Spirit of Nature, where she is featured among the 60 poets to be published in 2019. Opa Anthology of Poetry 2019.

She is a member of the World Nations Writers Union (WNWU) in Kazakhstan.[22] She is the Regional Director for East Africa and Asia and a Director Board Member of the Motivational Strips, the World's Most Active Writers' Forum.

Her work was featured in the "Family Eternal Treasure" international anthology (2018). She has attended various international literary conferences such as those in Luxembourg, Mauritius, La Reunion, Poetic Prism in Vijayawada, Andrapradesh, Isisar Kolkata, France, and has been translated into some foreign languages and included in various international literary journals.

Works

  • Whispers of Souls/Murmures des âmes by Les Éditions du Net, France, 2020.
  • The Enchanting Rebirth/ Une Renaissance Magique, Arthee Editions 2019.
  • L'Oasis des mots, Victoria, Edisyon Losean Endyen, 2016.
  • Rêves créoles, Victoria, Edisyon Losean Endyen, 2012.
  • Flamme mystique, Victoria, Yaw Enterprises, 2011.
  • L'âme errante, Victoria, Printec Press Holdings, 2003.
  • Un grand cœur triste, Paris, La Pensée Universelle, 1983.

References

  1. ↑ "Poètes d'OUTRE-MER – Les Seychelles – lieu commun". 4 January 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "L'OASIS DES MOTS de Magie Faure-Vidot : – Ministry of Tourism and Culture". Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "A poet's life in the Seychelles". BBC News. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Nation Home". Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ↑ ANANDA. "Un peu de poésie des SEYCHELLES : Magie FAURE-VIDOT. – Le blog de Patrimages". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Tirant, J. P. (17 May 2008). "Letter to the Editor-RodolphineYoung Awards for Children's Literature". Seychelled Nation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 ANANDA. "Maggie FAURE-VIDOT (Seychelles). – Le blog de Patrimages". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Pascale Canova (1 January 2007). La littérature seychelloise: Production, promotion, réception. Editions L'Harmattan. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-2-296-15962-4.
  9. ↑ Palli, Francesca. "Potomitan – " Konzigenzon filozofik size poetik "". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Genres et généricité dans la poésie seychelloise contemporaine « MondesFrancophones.com". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Stephen Gray; Carole Beckett (2008). Invitation to a voyage: French-language poetry of the Indian Ocean African islands. Protea Book House. ISBN 978-1-86919-169-6.
  12. ↑ Département, Le. "Soutien aux agriculteurs et initiation à la création et la lecture poétique – Lien Social (saison 3)". Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Journée Internationale de la Poésie à Salazie". 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Dame of the Day: Magie Faure-Vidot- Lady Collective". 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Vents Alizés – Komansman". 4 June 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nation Home". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. ↑ "Sipay". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Seychelles-eNews – Sipay appoints new editorial committee". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "Nation Home". www.nation.sc. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Female artists showcase work in colourful exhibition". Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "Seychelles' Top Artists Honoured". Seychelles Nation. XXXIX (231): 4. 27 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Magie Faure official member of World Nations Writers Union Kazakhstan". Seychelles Nation. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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