David Jaomanoro

• Place of death — Mayotte • Years Active — 1987-2014 • Education — University of Antananarivo, University of Limoges • Born — 30 December 1953 • Birthplace — Anivorano-Nord, Madagascar • Died — 7 December 2014

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.

Jaomanoro died on December 7, 2014, in Mayotte at the age of 60.

• 1987 – Quatram's j'aime ça • 1988 - Le dernier caïman

• 1992 – Funérailles d'un cochon et 13 autres novelles, Éditions Sepia

• 2011 – Publics d’alphabétisation à Mayotte, Éditions universitaires européennes

• 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

David Jaomanoro is recorded as writer, playwright, poet, university teacher and literary scholar.