Eddy J. Changkye (2 February 1924[1] – 31 October 1994) was a Mauritian diplomat, politician, Member of the National Assembly of Mauritius, municipal councillor, mayor, jurist, writer and poet.
[6] And on 26 December 1989, the then Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth confirmed the nomination of Eddy Changkye as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary[7] to Paris – upon recommendation of Satcam Boolell,[8] the then President and Leader of the Labour Party – to replace Mrs. Ghislaine Henry.
His poem featured in Les Cahiers de la Mer Indienne (1959), with Edouard Maunick, Pierre Renaud et Regis Franchette.
His children's tale, La Princesse, Karapas et le Pieter Both was published in Carambole, a magazine specifically directed towards the Asian diaspora French, distributed mainly in Mauritius but also in Pondicherry, Seychelles, Kenya, Madagascar, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In 1980, he won the "Prix de la MBC" for the humoristic tale L'Extravagant Monsieur Jojo, published as part of Les Six meilleures nouvelles (1980).
[14] He is the author the unpublished memoir Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, conseiller municipal which was distributed internally among the Mauritius Labour Party in April 1988.
Eddy Changkye brought an immense contribution to the Municipality of Quatre-Bornes Simon de Beauvoir Library project which was a donation of the French government through the Commission Mixte Franco-Mauricienne.