David Jaomanoro

David Jaomanoro (December 30, 1953 – December 7, 2014) was a Malagasy writer, playwright and poet.

Personal life

Jaomanoro wrote poems until he attended university. He was a teacher in Antsiranana for ten years and then studied at the University of Antananarivo. He received a Master's Degree in Comparative Traditional Malagasy Literature from the University of Limoges in France. In 1988, he started teaching French in Antsiranana.

His works have been translated into English and Dutch.

Death

Jaomanoro died on December 7, 2014, in Mayotte at the age of 60.

Works

Novels

• 1987 – Quatram's j'aime ça
• 1988 - Le dernier caïman

Novellas

• 1992 – Funérailles d'un cochon et 13 autres novelles, Éditions Sepia

Essays

• 2011 – Publics d’alphabétisation à Mayotte, Éditions universitaires européennes

Theatre

• 1988 – J'ai marché dessus Radio France Internationale, édition ronéotypé12
• 1990 – La Retraite, éditions Promotion Théâtre
• 1991 – Docteur parvenu, Les Carnets de l'exotisme2
• 1997 – Joambilo, Revue Noire2
• 2006 – Pirogue sur le vide et autres nouvelles, Éditions de l’Aube
• 2013 – Le Mangeur de cactus (récit) Éditions L’Harmattan

References