Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato
Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato (1936 – 4 November 2008) was a Malagasy writer mainly writing in French.
Life and career
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
Source:[2]
Plays
- 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 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
- Pétale Ecarlate (1990)
- Le Cinquième Sceau (1994)
Essays
- La Marche de la Liberté (1992)
References
- ^ a b "Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato". University of Western Australia.
- ^ a b "Hommage à Charlotte Rafenomanjato". Madagate (in French). November 8, 2008.
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