Édouard Joseph Marc Maunick (23 September 1931 – 10 April 2021) was a Mauritian poet, critic, and translator.
He worked briefly as a librarian in Port-Louis before going to Paris in 1960, where he wrote, lectured, and directed for Coopération Radiophonique.
Instead, he lamented his own isolation and the persecution of his people in poetry collections such as C. On 16 October 2003 Edouard Maunick received the Grand prix de la francophonie, awarded by the Académie française.
Édouard Maunick grew up with his siblings Ursule, Jacques, Antoine (Tony RIP), Jean, Marie and Gérard in British Mauritius.
Youngest sibling Gérard Maunick is an established award winning songwriter, recording artist and Musician now based in Australia.