Michèle Rakotoson

Michèle Rakotoson
BornJune 14, 1948
Antananarivo
CitizenshipMadagascar
Occupation(s)Journalist, playwright, writer
AwardsGrand prix de la francophonie (2012) Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique (2023)

Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948) is a writer, journalist, and Film Maker from Madagascar. Her novels include Dadabé. Since 1983, she has lived mainly in France.

Career

Michèle Rakotoson began her career in Madagascar as a literature teacher and a director. She moved to France in 1983 and earned a DEA in sociology. In Paris, she worked as a journalist for Radio France Internationale (RFI), France Culture, and La Première (French TV network).[1] She coordinated literary events and promoted African voices in French media. In 2010 she reterned to Madagascar, and co-created the Projet Slam Jazz.[2] She co-founded the Bokiko initiative to support young Malagasy writers.[3] Rakotoson has been active in cultural and political advocacy both in Madagascar and France. Her work explores themes like colonization, memory, identity, and environmental justice.

Works

  • Dadabe: et autres nouvelles (1984) ISBN 2-86537-076-3
  • Le bain des reliques: roman malgache (1988) ISBN 2-86537-218-9
  • La Maison morte (The Dead House) (play, 1991)[4]
  • Elle, au printemps: roman (1996) ISBN 2-907888-64-1
  • Henoÿ – Fragments en écorce (1998) ISBN 2-88253-115-X
  • Lalana: roman (2002) ISBN 2-87678-783-0
  • Juillet au pays: recit (2007) ISBN 978-2-91-465988-8
  • Tovonay, l'enfant du Sud: roman (2010) ISBN 978-2-84280-159-5
  • Passeport pour Antananarivo : Tana la belle: recit (2011) ISBN 978-2-35-639054-7
  • Madame à la campagne : Chroniques malgaches (2015) ISBN 979-10-90103-24-5
  • Ambatomanga, Le silence et la douleur, Édition Broche, (2022)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Literary encounter: Michèle Rakotoson". Alliance française de Paris. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Michele Rakotoson". aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Michèle Rakotoson". And Other Stories. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ Thérèse Migraine-George – African women and representation: from performance to politics 2008 "In her play, La Maison morte (The Dead House) (1991), the Madagascan writer Michele Rakotoson describes the end of the reign of a President-Dictator, Randriambe. Both his wife and daughter criticize him for his violent and deadly actions"

Sources

  • Hughes, A. (2001). Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture (Encyclopedias of Contemporary Culture). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26354-9 – p. 247


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