Background
She was born on Mauritius and writes in both French and Mauritian Creole.
She was born on Mauritius and writes in both French and Mauritian Creole.
Patel was one of a group of Mauritian writers who founded the literary journal Tracéson She has translated two Tintin stories into Creole: Le Secret de la Licorne and Trésor de Rackham le Rouge. In 2014, Vents d"ailleurs published her novella Paradis Blues, which is written in French with Creole interspersed through the narration.