Malagasy Literature Day

Event organized by the Malagasy section of Inalco, the Plidam laboratory (Inalco), the learned society Centre de Recherche de l'Océan Indien et du Monde Austronésien (CROIMA) and the association Union des Poètes et Écrivains Malgaches (Havatsa-UPEM) section France.

Program

Morning

9:30-10:00 : Opening

10:00-12:30: Lecture-debates

Session chair: Linah Ravonjiarisoa (Senior Lecturer, Plidam, Inalco)

10:00-10:30 : Major milestones in Malagasy literature during the period of "In search of lost values" (Hajaina Andrianasolo, PhD student, teacher-researcher at the University of Antananarivo, president of the Havatsa-UPEM association, academician.)

10:30-10:55 : Committed poems by women poets who are members of the Havatsa-UPEM association(Hantanoro R'Abel Rasendralalao, doctoral student, board member of the Havatsa-UPEM association)

10:55-11:15 : The contents of Malagasy songs in the 70s and 80s (Andrianasolo Haingo Rahantamalala, friend of the Havatsa-UPEM association, singer)

11:15am-11:35am: Literary translation of some of Ny Vetso's masterpieces (Mbola Tiana Rakotovao alias Ny Vetso, board member of the Havatsa-UPEM association)

11:35am-11:55am: Account of the colloquium "Pour une histoire littéraire inclusive malgache" co-organized by Plidam and EICD/EFFSF on August 25 &26, 2022 at ENS, Antananarivo (Narivelo Rajaonarimanana, Professor of Universities Emeritus, Plidam, Inalco)

12:30 - 13:30 : Lunch break

Afternoon

Session chairman: Manantsoa Andriamiarina, president of the Havatsa-UPEM association, France section

13h30-14h30 : Music and Poem Declamation (Members of the Havatsa-UPEM association and students.e.s from Inalco)

14h30-15h30 : Workshop focusing on "Books in the digital age: are they still indispensable? Why is reading still important? Why is physical reading still irreplaceable? (Hajaina Andrianasolo, president of the Havatsa-UPEM association, Academician.)

3:30-4:30pm: Presentation of books; Music and declamation of poems.

16h30-17h30 : Pot d'amitié