Yves Manglou
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Réunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
ese writer
Writer
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who writes in both French
French language
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and Réunion Creole
Réunion Creole
Réunion Creole or Reunionese Creole , or Créole Réunionnais in French is a creole language spoken on Réunion...
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Biography
Yves Manglou grew up on the French island of RéunionRéunion
Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
at a time when traditional storytelling was still very popular. Réunion was still a French colony and the abolition of slavery
Abolition of slavery timeline
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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 father and stay-at-home mother, 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
Sainte-Suzanne
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, Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Soisy-sous-Montmorency is a commune in the Val-d'Oise département located north of Paris, France.-History:On 7 August 1850, a part of the territory of Soisy-sous-Montmorency was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Saint-Gratien, a part of the territory of Deuil-la-Barre, and a part...
and Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt....
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In 1971 he devoted a year of advanced study at the French National Institute of Popular Education at Marly-le-Roi
Marly-le-Roi
Marly-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre....
to the study of the development of inter-disciplinary scholarship in rural areas. Manglou's study culminated "Animation and Development," 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 Human Science
Human Science
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s at the University of Paris, Val-de-Marne
Paris 12 Val de Marne University
Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University was inaugurated in 1970. It is a multidisciplinary centre based principally in Créteil . Medicine is taught at the CHU Henri-Mondor, inaugurated in 1969...
- a foreshadowing of experienced-based learning, which was later formalized in France as Validation des Acquis de l'Experience
VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Experience)
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These various sociological approaches and a thirst for getting to know people and their cultures naturally led Yves Manglou to make his native island the focus of his literary journey.
Manglou is currently Series Editor at Éditions Orphie.