Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato

Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato (1936 – 4 November 2008) was a Malagasy writer mainly writing in French.

Life and career edit

The daughter of a doctor, she trained as a midwife and pediatric nurse. She lived in Antananarivo. Her writing included two collections of poetry and several short stories which were not published.[1]

Rafenomanjato served as honorary president of the Indian Ocean Writers Society.[1]

She died at the nuns' clinic in Ankadifotsy from pulmonary complications.[2]

Selected works edit

Source:[2]

Plays edit

  • Le prix de la Paix, received the Radio France Internationale prize in 1986, adapted for film and presented at the Festival of African Films in Montreal in 1988
  • La Pécheresse, received the Radio France International prize in 1987
  • Le Prince de l'Etang, translated into Italian and presented at the Festival of African Theatre in Italy, also presented at the Francophone Festival in Limoges [fr] in 1988
  • L'Oiseau de Proie, presented at the French Madagascan Literature in Antananarivo in 1991
  • Le Troupeau, translated into English and presented at the Festival of Contemporary Theatre in New York City

Novels edit

  • Pétale Ecarlate (1990)
  • Le Cinquième Sceau (1994)

Essays edit

  • La Marche de la Liberté (1992)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato". University of Western Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Hommage à Charlotte Rafenomanjato". Madagate (in French). November 8, 2008.