Authors and Writers
- Lindsey Collen, author
- Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981), author
- Nathacha Devi Appanah, author,journalist
- Dev Virahsawmy, writer, linguist
- J.M.G. Le Clézio, writer and Nobel prize winner.
- Khal Torabully, author, director, semiologist.
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