Raharimanana

Raharimanana, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, is a novelist, essayist, poet and multidisciplinary artist. As an editor, he co-founded Editions Project’îles with poet Nassuf Djailani. His latest literary publication, La Voix, le loin, 100 poèmes (2022), inspired the further creation of both a play and an installation of photography, music and poetry that has been shown internationally. His work has garnered many prizes, from the 1990 Prix du Théâtre Interafricain for one of his earliest plays, translated into English as The Prophet and the President, to the 2023 Prix International Benjamin Fondane for his body of work, awarded annually to a non-French francophone writer. Since 2004, he has co-directed the Plumes d’Afrique festival of literary and artistic creation in francophone Africa.