Since achieving independence from Britain in 1968, Mautitians have been searching for an identity that reflects the great cultural diversity of their Islands. Situated in the Southern Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia, Mauritius belongs to neither continent, not to the series of European powers that colonised it for over three centuries. Until recently French has been the usual literary language of Mauritius, and this is the first anthology of Mauritian writing in English. Twenty-three novelists, short-story writers and poets, some writing in English for the first time, have contributed to a pioneering collection which explores from the inside a world that Europeans have called 'paradise' since they discovered it.
The Mauritian Ministry of Arts and Culture and the British Council (Mauritius) have generously supported this publication.
Mauritian Voices costs £7.99 and was published in 1997.
ISBN: 978-1-873226-24-7
Ron Butlin, who edited this anthology, was born in 1949 in Edinburgh. Having worked variously as a footman, a male model, and a barnacle-scraper on Thames barges, he has become one of the acclaimed Scottish writers of his generation. His works include the novels Night Visits and The Sound of My Voice, and a collection of stories, The Tilting Room, as well as four books of poetry and several radio plays. He won the Scottish Arts Council Award 2003 for work-in-progress, which included Vivaldi and the Number 3.
(This information about Ron Butlin has been reproduced, with permission, from the website of Serpent's Tail Publishing.)
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