Former French writers in residency

• > Florence Cadier, 2011-2012

  A journalist by profession, Florence Cadier first began her career in the written press before moving into audiovisual media, where she put together various reports and documentaries. It was in 1995, inspired by her (...)

• > Yann Apperry, 2010-2011

  Yann Apperry was the recipient of the Randell Cottage Writers’ Residency for 2010-2011. He arrived in New Zealand on the 23 October 2010 and left at the end of March 2011. During his six-month stint in Aotearoa he (...)

• > Fariba Hachtroudi, 2009-2010

  Fariba Hachtroudi, a journalist and a writer, was the French writer in residence from November 2009 til March 2010. Born in Tehran in 1951, Fariba Hachtroudi is the daughter of the eminent mathematician and champion (...)

• > Nicolas Kurtovitch, 2007-2008

  Nicolas Kurtovitch was born in Noumea in 1955. His mother’s side of the family first settled in New Caledonia in 1843. He also has Yugoslavian origins, through his father, who left Sarajevo in 1945. After completing (...)

• > Annie Saumont, 2006-2007

  Like Nadine Ribault, Charles Juliet, Pierre Furlan and Dominique Mainard before her, renowned short story writer Annie Saumont took up residence at Randell Cottage from October 2006. Annie Saumont has been writing (...)

• > Dominique Mainard, 2005-2006

  The Randell Cottage writers’ residence in Wellington has become the counterpart to the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton. The residency was created in 2001 to host New Zealand and French (...)

• > Pierre Furlan, 2004-2005

  Pierre FURLAN is the 2004-2005 winner who will reside in Randell Cottage from October 2004 to March 2005. Pierre Furlan is the author of five books of fiction and is also well known as a literary translator. It is (...)

• > Charles Juliet, 2003

  Charles Juliet was the second French writer, after Nadine Ribault in 2002, to be awarded the residency which is made possible through the generosity of the Price family, who donated the cottage in Thorndon, and the (...)

• > Nadine Ribault, 2002

  Nadine Ribault (1964 -) was born in Paris and travelled a great deal during her childhood, to Africa, Holland and Scotland. She obtained a BA in French literature at La Sorbonne in Paris, then taught French in the (...)