Dev Virahsawmy Dev Virahsawmy , is a politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language . Though he writes easily in both French and English, Virahsawmy is most renowned for his efforts to popularize the use of Creole.Early life Virahsawmy spent his early childhood in Goodlands but after the death of his mother he went to live with his grandparents at Beau-Bassin . After having done his secondary education , he went to Scotland at the Edinburgh University to study languages, literature and linguistics.Political life Between 1966 and 1987, he was a politician and one of the three leaders of the Mauritian Militant Movement . On 22 September 1970 he became the first member of the MMM to be elected to the National Parliament by winning the vacant seat at by-elections held in Constituency No. 5. These by-elections resulted from the untimely death of former attorney general Lall Jugnauth who had been duly elected in Constituency No. 5 at the 1967 General Elections under the IFB banner. On 23 March 1973 Dev Virahsawmy left the MMM and formed his new party Mouvement Militant Mauricien Socialiste Progressiste . Since leaving politics he has concentrated on playwriting. He is associated with the early protest theatre in Mauritius . Virahsawmy is married to Loga Virahsawmy, a feminist and chairperson of Gender and Media Southern Africa.Works Dev Virahsawmy is known for writing in Morisyen and translations from English and French to Morisyen.Drama * Li .. Rose Hill: MMMSP, 1977;. Saint-Pierre: les Chemins de la liberté , 1979. * Bef dâ disab: pies â de ak . Rose Hill: Edisio MMMSP, 1979. * Bef dâ disab .. Saint-Denis: Mouvement culturel réunionnais, 1980. * Linconsing finalay: pies â III ak . Rose Hill: Edisiô Bukié bananié, 1980. * Trazedi Sir Kutta-Gram: ên badinaz futâ . Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1980. * Zeneral Makbef: pies â III ak .. Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1981. * Dropadi: teks pu ên trazi-komedi mizikal bazé lor Mahabharata . Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1982. * Tâtin Madok: pies â ên ak . Maurice: , 1983. * Krishna .. Rose Hill, 1983. * Zistwar Bisma: Komedi mizikal pu zâfâ . Rose Hill: 1984. * Dokter Nipat: pies â III ak .. Port-Louis: Bukié Banané, 1983. * Profeser Madli: pies â III ak . Rose Hill: , 1984. * Sir Toby .Port Louis: LPT, 1998. * Abs Lemanifik : ên fâtezi â III ak.. Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1985. * Toufann: enn fantezi entrwa ak . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1991. * Galileo Gonaz: piess an trwa ak . Port-Louis: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1996. * Dokter Hamlet . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1996. * Hamlet II . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1996. * Mamzel Zann . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1997. * Ziliet ek so Romeo . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1998. * Ti-Marie . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 1998. * Dernie vol . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 2003. * Tabisman Lir . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 2003. * Bistop . Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 2003.Poetry * Disik salé .. Rose Hill: MMMSP, 1977. * Lafime dâ lizie . Rose Hill: MMMSP, 1977; Lafime dâ lizie / Fimé dann zié / Fumées dans les yeux .. La Réunion: les Chemins de la liberté, 1979. * Lès lapo kabri gazuyé .. Saint-Pierre: Mouvement culturel réunionnais, 1980. * Trip séré lagorz amaré .. Saint-Denis: Mouvement culturel réunionnais, 1980. * Mo Rapel . Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1980. * Lôbraz lavi: soley feneâ .. Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1985. * The Walls .. Rose Hill: D. Virahsawmy, 1985;The Walls: an operatic poem . Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1985. * Nwar, Nwar, Nwar, do Mama . Rose Hill: Bukié Banané, 1986. * Lalang peyna lezo . Rose Hill: , 1991. * Petal ek pikan parsi-parla . Port-Louis: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1996. * Latchizann pou letan lapli . Port-Louis: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1997. * Testaman enn metschiss . Port-Louis: Boukié Banané, 1999. * Labouzi dan labriz .. Port-Louis: Boukié Banané, 2002.Prose Novels Souiv Larout Ziska… Rose Hill: Boukié Banané, 2002.Essays Towards a re-evaluation of Mauritian Creole . Post-Graduate Diploma Dissertation. Edinburgh University, 1967.Articles Literesi an Morisien . Boukié Banané, 2001. Aprann Lir ek Ekrir Morisien . Livre electronique. Librairie Le Cygne , 2004.Translations and adaptations by Dev Virahsawmy in ''Morisien'' Enn ta senn dan vid , de William Shakespeare. Port-Louis: Ledikasyon pu Travayer, 1995. Zil Sezar , de William Shakespeare. Trazedi Makbes , de William Shakespeare. Tartif Froder , de Molière. Port Louis: Boukié Banané, 1999. Zistoir Ti-Prins , d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Ti-Pier Dezorder , de Heinrich Hoffman . ----Translations In English The Prisoner of Conscience . Trad. Ramesh Ramdoyal. Moka, Mauritius: Éditions de l’Océan indien, 1982. Toufann: A Mauritian Fantasy . Trans. Nisha and Michael Walling. African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics . Eds. Martin Banham, James Gibbs , & Femi Osofisan . Oxford: James Currey and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press . 1999: 217–54. Dernie Vol / The Last Flight . Trad. Joyce Fortuné-Pope. International Journal of Francophone Studies 13.3-4 : 595-612.in French Toufann; une fantaisie en trois actes . Trad. Dominique Tranquille. Port Louis: Educational Production Ltd., 2004.Influence Some of the lyrics of Ziskakan are from early poems by Virahsawmy.
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