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Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (1913–1978), commonly known as Dox, was a Malagasy writer and poet considered one of the most important literary figures in the country's history. He is principally renowned for his poetry and plays, but was also a painter, wrote and performed musical compositions, and translated several major French and English language works into Malagasy. His works have formed part of the language arts curriculum in Madagascar at every grade level since the country regained independence in 1960.

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  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (1913–1978), commonly known as Dox, was a Malagasy writer and poet considered one of the most important literary figures in the country's history. He is principally renowned for his poetry and plays, but was also a painter, wrote and performed musical compositions, and translated several major French and English language works into Malagasy. His works have formed part of the language arts curriculum in Madagascar at every grade level since the country regained independence in 1960. Dox began writing in 1930 while studying at a fine arts school in Antananarivo, where fellow students gave him the nickname "Dox". In 1932, after briefly conceding to his father's wish that he study medicine, Dox dedicated himself fully to the arts and joined with other notable Malagasy poets in advancing the Mitady ny very movement ("search for lost values"), launched by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, and Ny Avana Ramanantoanina. His work during this period reflected the movement's aim to reaffirm the value of Malagasy identity, which had been eroded under the influence of the French colonial administration. In 1941, he printed his first collection of poems, Ny Hirako, which was written in the Malagasy language. When a major nationalist uprising erupted in 1947, Dox rallied behind the Mouvement démocratique de la rénovation malgache and suffered a gunshot wound during a protest. He also actively took part in the student protests of 1972 that brought down the Tsiranana administration. In 1971 he published his only compilation of French language poems, Chants Capricorniens. Over the span of his career, he produced nine poem anthologies, numerous books in prose, and sixteen plays featuring folk tales, Biblical stories or Malagasy historical themes, in addition to countless privately commissioned works. Throughout his life, Dox enjoyed strong popular support for his work, which combined elements of romanticism and the sensibilities of traditional Malagasy poetry and proverbs. He established himself as a leader in the promotion of Malagasy literary arts, co-founding the Union of Malagasy Poets and Writers and Tsiry, an association dedicated to publishing the works of creative Malagasy youth. Dox also served as President of the Committee of United Malagasy Artists, Vice President of the Andrianampoinimerina Academy, and a member of the Académie Malgache. He died in Antananarivo on 14 June 1978. (en)
  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandrainy alias Dox fue un escritor, traductor y pintor malgache. ​ Prolífico y precoz autor, comenzó publicando en revistas y se cree que muchos de sus escritos son aún inéditos. (es)
  • Dox, de son vrai nom Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina, est un poète malgache né en 1913 et mort en 1978. La majorité de son œuvre est d'expression malgache. (fr)
  • Dox, właśc. Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (ur. 13 stycznia 1913 w , zm. 14 czerwca 1978 w Antananarywie) – jeden z najsłynniejszych poetów malgaskich, pisarz, dramaturg i tłumacz. Należał do pokolenia poetów, którzy wywarli duży wpływ na literaturę narodową Madagaskaru, zniszczoną pod wpływem francuskiej administracji kolonialnej. (pl)
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  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (en)
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  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (en)
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  • Manankavaly, Madagascar (en)
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  • 1978-06-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Antananarivo, Madagascar (en)
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  • Dox (en)
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  • Poet, writer (en)
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  • It is difficult to imagine the capital position that Dox occupies in the Malagasy collective consciousness... His place in the Malagasy literary and artistic milieu is that of a highly respected elder. He is part of a generation of poets that profoundly marked the history and literature of the Great Island. (en)
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  • — Claire Riffard (en)
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  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandrainy alias Dox fue un escritor, traductor y pintor malgache. ​ Prolífico y precoz autor, comenzó publicando en revistas y se cree que muchos de sus escritos son aún inéditos. (es)
  • Dox, de son vrai nom Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina, est un poète malgache né en 1913 et mort en 1978. La majorité de son œuvre est d'expression malgache. (fr)
  • Dox, właśc. Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (ur. 13 stycznia 1913 w , zm. 14 czerwca 1978 w Antananarywie) – jeden z najsłynniejszych poetów malgaskich, pisarz, dramaturg i tłumacz. Należał do pokolenia poetów, którzy wywarli duży wpływ na literaturę narodową Madagaskaru, zniszczoną pod wpływem francuskiej administracji kolonialnej. (pl)
  • Jean Verdi Salomon Razakandraina (1913–1978), commonly known as Dox, was a Malagasy writer and poet considered one of the most important literary figures in the country's history. He is principally renowned for his poetry and plays, but was also a painter, wrote and performed musical compositions, and translated several major French and English language works into Malagasy. His works have formed part of the language arts curriculum in Madagascar at every grade level since the country regained independence in 1960. (en)
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  • Dox (es)
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