Marcelle Lagesse

Marie Rita Marcelle Lagesse O.S.K (7 February 1916

From 1942 to 1950, she contributed to Savez vous que?, the official publication of the Mauritius Public Relations Office. Lagesse was also writing for the three Mauritian daily newspapers Le Cernéen, Le Mauricien and Advance. From 1961 to 1971, she wrote a weekly column for the newspaper Action. Lagesse retired from journalism in 1987. She was elevated to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (O.S.K) in 2015.

She died at the age of 95 following an extended illness.

Selected works Source: Les contes du samedi, short stories (1945) La diligence s'éloigne à l'aube, novel (1958), received the Prix Robert Bargues Le vingt Floréal au matin, novel (1960) Villebague, novel Cette maison pleine de fantômes, novel (1962) D'un Carnet, novel A la découverte de l'Ile Maurice, Historical (1970) Sont amis que vent emporte, novel (1974), received the Prix des Mascareignes Des pas sur le sable, novel (1975) Villebague, novel Une lanterne au mat d'artimon, novel L'Ile de France avant La Bourdonnais, Historical L'Hôtel du Gouvernement, Historical Blyth Brothers & Co. Ltd. Historical Maurice vue du ciel 150 ans de jeunesse, Histoire de la Mauritius Commercial Bank, Historic Une jeune femme au Mont Limon, novel (1993) Les Palmiers de la Source, Theatre Comme un feu de Proue, Theatre L'Amour à travers les âges, Theatre Un homme parmi les autres, Theatre Chantons la liberté, Theatre Villebague, Theatre Carolyne, Theatre