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Célestine Hitiura Vaite Célestine Hitiura Vaite i(A50528 works by)
Born: Established: 1966
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Tahiti,
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Society Islands,
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French Polynesia,
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South Pacific, Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1987
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BiographyHistory

Celestine Vaite met an Australian surfer in 1982, aged sixteen, and moved with him to Australia when she was twenty-one, settling with her family on the south coast of New South Wales. She has had stories published in Australian Short Stories and the Australian Multicultural Book Review. Her first novel, Breadfruit, won the 2004 Prix litteraire des etudiants for a novel published in French Polynesia and has been translated into German and French.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Author writes in these languages: ENGLISH

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Frangipani Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2004 Z1142141 2004 single work novel humour
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Select Editions 2009; (p. 448-581)

'In Tahiti, it's a well-known fact that women are wisest, mothers know best, and Materena Mahi knows best of all–or so everyone except for her own daughter thinks. Soon enough, mother and daughter are engaged in a tug-of-war that tests the bonds of their love.' (Publication summary)
2005 winner Prix Litteraire des Etudiants
2006 longlisted Women's Prize Trust Awards — Women's Prize for Fiction (UK)
2005 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
y separately published work icon Breadfruit Milsons Point : Bantam Books , 2000 Z813400 2000 single work novel

'When a drunken Pito proposes to Materena, she initially thinks it's just the booze talking. As she nevertheless starts planning, she juggles everyday life only to have Pito act as though he's forgotten his proposal.' (Publication summary)
2004 winner Prix Litteraire des Etudiants
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