Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana

Biography:

Clarisse Andriamampandry Ratsifandrihamanana was a Malagasy writer. She married Dr Henri Ratsifandrihamanana in 1946 and they had 8 children. She gained seven important literature prizes and was a member of Malgasy Academy and an officer of Legion of Honour. Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana had started writing when she was very young but she really devoted herself to literature after her third daughter's death in 1950.