Chantal Spitz

Chantal T. Spitz (born 11 November 1954) is a Mā’ohi author and activist.

Although raised outside of French Polynesia, after completing her education she returned and now lives in Huahine.

[2] Her best-known work, L'Ile des rêves écrasés, is the first ever novel by an indigenous French Polynesian writer.

[3] Set in French Polynesia in the time period leading up to the first nuclear tests in the region, it tells the story of several generations of Mā’ohi.

[4] Spitz is a founding member of the literary magazine, Littérama’ohi, a French Polynesian publication that aims to showcase authors from French Polynesia.