Flora Devantine, Date of Birth

    

Flora Devantine

Tahitian author

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1942

Profession: writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Flora Devantine

  • Flora Aurima-Devatine (born October 15, 1942) is a Tahitian writer and educator.
  • She publishes under her married name of Flora Devatine. She was born Flora Aurima in Pari on the Tautira peninsula and was educated at the LycĂ©e Paul Gauguin, continuing her studies in France where she received her baccalaurĂ©at and pursued studies in Spanish.
  • She taught Spanish at the LycĂ©e Collège Pomare IV from 1968 to 1997 and taught subjects including Polynesian poetry at the University of French Polynesia from 1987 to 1995.
  • From 1979 to 1984, she served as State Commissioner for women's issues (DĂ©lĂ©guĂ©e d’État Ă  la Condition FĂ©minine).
  • From 2002 to 2006, she served as director for the cultural journal LittĂ©rama’ohi, RamĂ©es de LittĂ©rature PolynĂ©sienne; she was head of the editorial board for the journal until 2010.Aurima-Devatine writes traditional poetry in the Tahitian language and free verse in French.
  • She has been a member of the Te Fare Vana?a, the Tahitian academy, since it was created in 1972.Her 2016 collection of poetry Au Vent de la piroguière – Tifaifai received the Prix Heredia by the AcadĂ©mie française in 2016.
  • She was subsequently named a director of the Te Fare Vana?a.

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