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Prix Litteraire des Etudiants
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Notes

  • The Prix Litteraire des Etudiants is a French Polynesian award. The award name is usually represented in this form: Prix Littéraire des Étudiants.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2005

winner y separately published work icon Frangipani Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 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)

Year: 2004

winner y separately published work icon Breadfruit Célestine Hitiura Vaite , 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)

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