David Jaomanoro
# 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
