Khal 1956-, (Torabully, Khal)The Mellon Consortium on Forced Migration2022-04-142022-04-142022-03-23http://hdl.handle.net/11209/164931 color posterKhal Torabully (b. 1956, Mauritius) is a poet, essayist, film director, and semiologist who has authored some twenty-five books. He has taken the derogatory term "coolie," and has re-envisioned, re-imagined, and re-defined it to encompass the richness of transcultural exchanges (geographical, biological, and cultural) that enrich the world. Nancy Naomi Carlson, his translator, will also be part of the event.enPoetryKhal, 1956- -- Criticism and interpretationImage