Ananda Devi published her first collection of short stories at the age of nineteen. Over the next four decades, she has become one of the major literary voices of the Indian Ocean. She has been translated into several languages and has received decorations from Mauritius and France, including the title of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010, and in 2014 a major award from the Académie Française.
Ananda Devi
Articles by Ananda Devi
Friday April 17
Killing Stones
Stone was but stone, and marble belonged to the hills, they said. The patient carving and chiseling of men long gone would not remain to remind us that we could be gods, if we wanted to.