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The first modern African poet, a Merina named Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903–1937), gained celebrity for blending surrealist, romantic and modernist poetic forms with elements of traditional Malagasy oratory, as well as his suicide by cyanide in 1937.
Flavien Ranaivo (1914–1999), poet and writer Esther Razanadrasoa (1892–1931), poet, novelist and journal editor Edmond Randriamananjara aka Randja Zanamihoatra (1925 - 1997), poet
Rabearivelo is the most internationally famous and influential Malagasy literary figure. [5] [12] Jeune Afrique described him as "Madagascar's greatest poet", [3] a sentiment echoed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal and founder of the Négritude movement, who called him the "prince of the Malagasy poets". [2]
Malagasy women poets (4 P) This page was last edited on 26 April 2020, at 07:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo Award for Poetry, Tardivat International Award For Best French Language Fiction, Tchicaya-U'Tamsi Prize, Great Fiction Prize of Madagascar Jean-Luc Raharimanana (born June 26, 1967, Antananarivo, Madagascar ) is a Malagasy novelist, essayist, poet, and playwright.
French-language writers from Madagascar (5 P) + Malagasy male writers (1 C, 8 P) ... Malagasy poets (4 C) T. Malagasy translators (2 P) Pages in category "Malagasy ...
He is principally renowned for his poetry and plays, but was also a painter, wrote and performed musical compositions, and translated several major French and English language works into Malagasy. His works have formed part of the language arts curriculum in Madagascar at every grade level since the country regained independence in 1960.
Elie Rajaonarison (November 15, 1951 - November 27, 2010) was a poet, artist, professor and civil servant from Madagascar.Considered the standard-bearer for modern Malagasy poetry, [1] Rajaonarison's published poetry anthologies earned him international recognition and have been translated into French and English.