Esther Nirina

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Esther Nirina , née Esther Ranirinaharitafika (born November 17, 1932 in French Madagascar , † June 19, 2004 ) was a Malagasy librarian and poet.

Life

Esther Ranirinaharitafika was born on November 17, 1932 in Magadascar, then colonized by France. She grew up in the capital of the island, Antananarivo , where her father worked as a civil servant.

She married her husband in Madagascar, took his name and followed him to Orléans (France) in 1957 . In Orléans, Nirina began to work as a librarian, among other things, together with the later famous poet Hélène Cadou , wife of the also famous poet and writer René Guy Cadou . Nirina also began to write her first poems in Orléans. Hélène Cadou motivated Nirina to publish her works.

In 1975 Nirina published her first volume of poetry with the title "Silencieuse respiration" with the Orléaner Verlag Sergent. "Simple voyelle", her second volume of poetry, followed in 1980. Her poetry is described by literary scholars as being strongly influenced by the Malagasy genre Hain-Teny , which is passed down orally . Nirina's themes are above all the difficulties of poetic creation, the symbiotic connection between poet and nature, and the fragility of human existence.

Nirina became a member of the Académie malgache and also temporarily headed the Société des Ecrivains de l'Océan India (SEROI). She gave up her work as a librarian in 1983 to devote herself entirely to poetry.

Although Madagascar gained independence in 1960, the Nirina family decided to stay in Orléans. In the 1990s, Nirina and her husband occasionally traveled back to renovate their home for a retreat for old age. Nirina died on June 19, 2004.

Works

  • 1975: Silencieuse respiration
  • 1980: Simple voyelle
  • 1990: Lente spirale
  • 1997: Multiple solitude
  • 1998: Rien que lune
  • 2004: Mivolana an-tsoratra / Le dire par écrit

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Esther Nirina, Carole Beckett: Esther Nirina Speaks to Carole Beckett . In: Research in African Literatures . tape 34 , no. 2 , April 24, 2003, ISSN  1527-2044 , p. 175–182 , doi : 10.1353 / ral.2003.0041 ( jhu.edu [accessed November 20, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Nirina, Esther . In: Simon Gikandi (Ed.): Encyclopedia of African Literature . Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3 , pp. 522 f .
  3. ↑ Esther Nirina. In: Words without Borders. Retrieved November 20, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Nirina, Esther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ranirinaharitafika, Esther (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malagasy librarian and poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH French Madagascar
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 2004