Dev Virahsawmy
Dev Virahsawmy | |
|---|---|
| Elected member of Legislative Assembly (Constituency No. 5 Pamplemousses-Triolet) | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1942 |
| Died | 7 November 2023 (aged 81) Rose Hill, Mauritius |
| Party | MMM, MMMSP, Parti Travailliste |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
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Dev Virahsawmy (16 March 1942 – 7 November 2023) was a Mauritian politician, playwright, poet and advocate of the Mauritian Creole language. Though he wrote easily in both French and English, Virahsawmy was most renowned for his efforts to popularise the use of Creole.