Raharimanana Author

Raharimanana, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, is a novelist, essayist, poet, and multidisciplinary artist. As an editor, he cofounded Editions Project’îles with poet Nassuf Djailani. Since 2004, he has co-directed the Plumes d’Afrique festival of literary and artistic creation in francophone Africa. Allison M. Charette is a dedicated translator specializing in bringing fiction from Madagascar into English. She has translated Naivo’s Beyond the Rice Fields and Johary Ravaloson’s Return to the Enchanted Island, both to critical acclaim. A cofounder of the Emerging Literary Translators’ Network in America and the ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, Charette is committed to supporting and mentoring new translators.