Hina and the tree spirit (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781484096390)

Rai CHAZE was born in Tahiti. Her parents are both mixed-blood polynesian. After several years spent in the USA, she returned to Tahiti. The links she had developed with Henri Hiro, a poet, the cultural renaissance leader, playwright, filmmaker, anti-nuclear activit and a keyman in Polynesian History, tightened over the years. She has published two collections of poetry, "Toriri" and "I Te Rai Ra", several short stories and poems in Tahiti and Hawaii. In 1990, she published her first book "Vai, the river in a cloudless sky", which is also the first work of prose in contemporary native literature. In October 2009, her first book for children, 'Tahitians Tales' is published by Les Editions Cornac, a Montreal, Canada, children publishing company. Apart from the numerous publications in anthologies or literary magazines, she published "Before the rainy season". This novel invites the reader into the life of the islands through encounters and memories resulting in a saga across Polynesian History. Recently published, 'It snowed in the Tuamotu', a Children Christmas story, was also produced as a theatrical performance. With "The imaginary tales Tahiti" series, it offers a collection of short stories for children, between myths and epics. It thus provides an opportunity for many natve artists to illustrate this series and exhibit their talent. Hina VOISIN was four years old, she had just had a nightmare and does not yet know how to write. Then her mother asked her to draw her dream. Under her fingers was born a woman with long black hair. Fascinated by this lady, she was seized with enthusiasm and never ceased to draw. She modulate the expression, reflections of light in the hair, and here and there, bits to different shades. Teacher in kindergarten, this gift was favorable to her, she won the competition for the institution and its students, she joined the projects AGIEM (General Association of Teachers of Kindergarten) and experimented in this way many technical skills.. When she stops working in Education, she enrolled in the painting course of the painter Bousquet and perfected her technique. But the disease moves into her body. At the end of treatment against the cancer, she has only one goal: to live and thrive. The painting became for her, blooming and life.