Author · Seychelles
Antoine Abel
Died in 2004
Antoine Abel was born on 27 November 1934 in Anse Boileau, on the island of Mahé. An apprentice mason, then a pupil in Switzerland, he became a schoolteacher, trained at the universities of Reading and Bristol, taught agriculture and trained teachers at the Victoria Teacher Training College until his retirement. He wrote in French, English and Creole, gathered the tales of the elders by word of mouth, and was the first Seychellois to be published in Europe. He is regarded as the father of Seychellois literature. He died on 19 October 2004.
In the catalogue 1
- PoetryPaille en queueAntoine Abel · 1969not translated into EnglishLiterature