Biographie de Célestine Vaite
Célestine Hitiura Vaite was born in Tahiti. The daughter of a Tahitian mother and a French father who went back to his country after military service, she grew up in her big extended family in Faa'a-Tahiti, where storytelling was part of the every day life and women overcame obstacles with gusto and humour. Frangipani has also been published in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Brazil, France; Germany, and French Polynesia. Frangipani was shortlisted for the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize.