University of Antananarivo, University of Paris, Institut National des langues et civilisations orientales
Yearsactive
1989-present
Notable awards
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo Award for Poetry, Tardivat International Award For Best French Language Fiction, Tchicaya-U'Tamsi Prize, Great Fiction Prize of Madagascar
After completing his studies in France, Raharimanana went on to work as a journalist and French teacher.[1]
In his works, Raharimanana often describes the situation of poverty and corruption and the history in his homeland in a violent and lyrical style. Several of his screenplays have been adapted for theatre and he is the subject of the 2004 documentary Gouttes d’encre sur l’île rouge.[2]
Raharimanana's works have been translated into German, English, Italian, and Spanish. Raharimanana currently lives in Paris.[3]
Selected works
His first play "Le prophète et le président" won the Tchicaya-U'Tamsi Prize in 1990, awarded by the Inter-African theatre competition, but the theatre performance was banned by Madagascar's government owing to the political nature of the play.
In June 2002, Raharimana's father Vénance Raharimanana, a history professor at the University of Antananarivo, was tortured and subsequently arrested following a radio program he hosted that dealt with the pre-colonial tension in Madagascar. He writes about the experience in his short story collection L'arbre anthropophage.
Bibliography
Novellas
Le lépreux et dix-neuf autres nouvelles. Paris: Hatier, 1992.
Lucarne. Paris: Le Serpent à plumes, 1996.
Rêves sous le linceul. Paris: Le Serpent à plumes, 1998.
Children's books
Landisoa and the three pebbles. Illustrations by Jean A. Ravelona. Vanves: Édicef / Hachette, 2001.
Novels
Za. Paris: Philippe Rey, 2008.
Nour, 1947. Paris: Le Serpent à Plumes, 2001; La Roque d’Anthéron: Vents d’Ailleurs, 2017.
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