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