200px, Yves Manglou, Paris 2006. Yves Manglou (born 20 August 1943 in

Bras-Panon Bras-Panon () is a commune in the department and region of Réunion, France. It borders the communes of Saint-André, Saint-Benoît and Salazie; as well as the Mât river, the Rivière des Roches and the Indian Ocean. The commune is a large ...

, Réunion) is a French writer who writes in both French and

Réunion Creole Réunion Creole, or Reunionese Creole ( rcf, kréol rénioné; french: créole réunionnais), is a French-based creole language spoken on Réunion. It is derived mainly from French and includes terms from Malagasy, Hindi, Portuguese, Gujara ...

Biography

Yves Manglou grew up on the French island of

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

at a time when traditional

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was still very popular. Réunion was still a

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and the

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had occurred less than a century before. Brought up as one of nine children under the watchful eye of his

school teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...

father and

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, Manglou enjoyed much freedom exploring the banks of the Saint-Jean river, often going barefoot and shirtless. From the end of 1960 to 1975, Manglou successively held the position of Director of Social & Cultural Institutions in Sainte-Suzanne,

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and

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. In 1971 he devoted a year of advanced study at the French National Institute of Popular Education at

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to the study of the development of inter-disciplinary scholarship in rural areas. Manglou's study culminated "Animation and Development,"http://telemaque.injep.fr/Record.htm?idlist=1&record=118112493639 INJEP a dissertation that was written in collaboration with Jean Schüler and is considered authoritative in the field. In 1974–1975, as Director of the Youth Center of Boulogne-Billancourt, Manglou began to coordinate various volunteer organizations in a city of 120,000. The exhibition "Associations in the City", unique for its time, received 10,000 visitors. During this same period Manglou also obtained a '' maîtrise'' in

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s at the University of Paris, Val-de-Marne – a foreshadowing of experienced-based learning, which was later formalized in France as

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. These various

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approaches and a thirst for getting to know people and their

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naturally led Yves Manglou to make his native island the focus of his literary journey. Manglou is currently Series Editor at Éditions Orphie.

Bibliography

;Orphie Editions
''Grand-mère Kalle''

(Black but Brown, in reference to the name wearing by the free slaves)

(in Créole Réunionnais) ;Black Phaeton Editions * ''Le mystère du Piton de La Fournaise'' (The Fournaise mystery) * ''Zépingue le Petit Tangue'' (in collaboration with Josette Manglou and Yves Llopiz) * ''La naissance de Ticlou'' (in collaboration with Josette Manglou and Yves Llopiz)

References

These are French articles related to Yves Manglou:
Yves Manglou, « La tendance à tourner le dos à la mer s’inverse »
''Le JIR'', 2 December 2007.
« Yves Manglou, romancier et aventurier de la mer »
''Le JIR, 6 August 2006.''
« La Famille Manglou, l'âme créole »
''

L'Express ''L'Express'' () is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''Réussir''. History ...

'', 5 April 2004.
« Le quotidien de la mer : l'écrivain Yves Manglou »
émission RFI, 17 April 2006.

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