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Nathacha Appanah

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in Mahébourg, Mauritius

May 24, 1973

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See also: Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand

Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah is a Mauritian-French author. She comes from a traditional Indian family.

She spent most of her teenage years in Mauritius and also worked as a journalist/columnist at Le Mauricien and Week-End Scope before emigrating to France.

Since 1998, Nathacha Appanah is well-known as an active writer. Her first book Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or (published by Éditions Gallimard) received the " Prix du Livre RFO". The book was based on the arrival of Indian immigrants in Mauritius.

She also wrote two other books Blue Bay Palace and La Noce d'Anna which also received some prizes for best book in some regional festivals in France.

In 2007, she released her fourth book " Le Dernier Frère " Ed ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 8,715 ratings · 1,376 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	La Nuit au cœur 4.35 avg rating — 2,312 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tropique de la violence 4.02 avg rating — 1,962 ratings — published 2016 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,948 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le ciel par-dessus le toit 3.47 avg rating — 862 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rien ne t'appartient 3.81 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La mémoire délavée really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 367 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for Tomorrow by Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La noce d'Anna 3.72 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les rochers de Poudre d'Or 3.93 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Bay Palace by Nathacha Appanah, Alexandra Stanton (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 127 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Jamais ma grand-mère ne se séparait de moi sans me donner quelque chose, un bonbon, une pièce de monnaie, un fruit, une cuillerée de son repas, une gorgée de son thé, un bout de son pain.”
― Nathacha Appanah, Petit éloge des fantômes

tags: family, grandmother, grandparents, love

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“You say you are an orpahn, or a widow or a widower, but when you have lost two sons on the same day, two brothers on the same day, what are you? What word is there to say what you have become?”
― Nathacha Appanah, The Last Brother

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“Se pourrait-il que, pendant que nous regardons ailleurs, le cœur lance ses lianes et continue à s'attacher, à aimer, à se languir ?”
― Nathacha Appanah, Rien ne t'appartient

tags: love

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What would you like to read for African lit in French in Nov/Dec 2018?

La Belle de Casa by In Koli Jean Bofane

3 votes, 33.3%

Les rochers de Poudre d'Or by Nathacha Appanah

2 votes, 22.2%

Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul by Amadou Hampâté Bâ

2 votes, 22.2%

Crépuscule du tourment by Léonora Miano

1 vote, 11.1%

Cette aveuglante absence de lumière by Tahar Ben Jelloun

1 vote, 11.1%

L'étrange Destin de Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ

0 votes, 0.0%

9 total votes

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