Magie Faure-Vidot

{{Short description|Seychellois poet}}

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Magie Faure-Vidot (also known as Mrs. Maggie Vijay-Kumar or Magic Mags){{cite web|url=http://lieucommun.canalblog.com/archives/2009/01/04/20417860.html|title=Poètes d'OUTRE-MER – Les Seychelles – lieu commun|date=4 January 2009|accessdate=25 November 2016}} is a French-language poet from the Seychelles who has also published work in English and Seychellois Creole.{{cite web|url=http://www.pfsr.org/literature/loasis-des-mots-de-magie-faure-vidot/|title=L'OASIS DES MOTS de Magie Faure-Vidot : – Ministry of Tourism and Culture|accessdate=25 November 2016|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016120759/http://www.pfsr.org/literature/loasis-des-mots-de-magie-faure-vidot/|url-status=usurped}} She is regional director for East Africa and Asia at the writers forum, Motivational Strips. She is also a member of the Institut Académique de Paris and the Académie Internationale de Lutèce.{{cite news |date=13 April 2020 |title=A poet's life in the Seychelles |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-52275787 |access-date=7 January 2021}} She has received prizes including the Coupe de la Ville de Paris, a Lyre d'honneur, and medals in various international literary competitions.{{Cite web |title=Nation Home |url=http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=223126 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217013958/http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=223126 |archive-date=2017-12-17 |access-date=2016-11-25}}{{cite web |last=ANANDA. |title=Un peu de poésie des SEYCHELLES : Magie FAURE-VIDOT. – Le blog de Patrimages |url=http://patrimages.over-blog.com/article-un-peu-de-poesie-des-seychelles-magie-faure-vidot-49643560.html |accessdate=25 November 2016 }}{{cite web |last=Tirant |first=J. P. |date=17 May 2008 |title=Letter to the Editor-RodolphineYoung Awards for Children's Literature |url=http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=219623 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014116/http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=219623 |archivedate=17 December 2017 |accessdate=24 August 2020 |work=Seychelled Nation |language=en}}{{cite web |last=ANANDA. |title=Maggie FAURE-VIDOT (Seychelles). – Le blog de Patrimages |url=http://patrimages.over-blog.com/article-maggie-faure-vidot-seychelles-76469530.html |accessdate=25 November 2016 }} Her work has been discussed in critical studies of Seychellois literature,{{cite book |author=Pascale Canova |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOn24iKa-C4C&pg=PP1 |title=La littérature seychelloise: Production, promotion, réception |date=1 January 2007 |publisher=Editions L'Harmattan |isbn=978-2-296-15962-4 |pages=1–}}{{cite web |last=Palli |first=Francesca |title=Potomitan – " Konzigenzon filozofik size poetik " |url=http://www.potomitan.info/pallai/poesie.php |accessdate=25 November 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Genres et généricité dans la poésie seychelloise contemporaine « MondesFrancophones.com |url=http://mondesfrancophones.com/espaces/creolisations/genres-et-genericite-dans-la-poesie-seychelloise-contemporaine/ |accessdate=25 November 2016 }} and she has gained recognition as an oral performer.{{cite book |author1=Stephen Gray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkgsAQAAIAAJ |title=Invitation to a voyage: French-language poetry of the Indian Ocean African islands |author2=Carole Beckett |publisher=Protea Book House |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-86919-169-6}} Her work has been featured at national and international poetry and literary festivals.{{cite web |last=Département |first=Le |title=Soutien aux agriculteurs et initiation à la création et la lecture poétique – Lien Social (saison 3) |url=http://www.cg974.fr/index.php/Soutien-aux-agriculteurs-et-initiation-a-la-creation-et-la-lecture-poetique.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126064535/http://www.cg974.fr/index.php/Soutien-aux-agriculteurs-et-initiation-a-la-creation-et-la-lecture-poetique.html |archive-date=26 November 2016 |accessdate=25 November 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Journée Internationale de la Poésie à Salazie |date=25 January 2011 |url=http://www.zinfos974.com/Journee-Internationale-de-la-Poesie-a-Salazie_a25113.html |accessdate=25 November 2016 }}{{cite web |date=26 October 2015 |title=Dame of the Day: Magie Faure-Vidot- Lady Collective |url=http://ladycollective.com/dame-of-the-day-magie-faure-vidot/ |accessdate=25 November 2016 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126131056/http://ladycollective.com/dame-of-the-day-magie-faure-vidot/ |url-status=dead }}