Writes Emilie Danis, Head of French
Ranvir S. (5ths) has achieved a remarkable distinction this year by winning the prestigious Oxford Flash Fiction Competition with his evocative piece, Les deux dauphins de France.
His story, both thought-provoking and powerful, skilfully explores complex themes of politics and environmental responsibility, demonstrating a maturity of insight and originality well beyond his years. The Oxford Flash Fiction Competition, organised in association with the University of Oxford, attracts a large number of submissions from talented young writers nationally, all challenged to craft compelling narratives within a tightly controlled word limit. There were no less than 1100 entries for this year across the three languages.
To be named overall winner for French in the Year 10-11 category is therefore an exceptional accomplishment, recognising not only technical precision in writing but also creativity, originality and depth of thought. Ranvir鈥檚 success is a testament to his intellectual curiosity, linguistic ability and imaginative flair, and it also highlights the strength of Modern Foreign Languages at 西施直播, which continues to gain recognition at a national level. He should be immensely proud of this outstanding achievement. We certainly are!
Les deux Dauphins de France
Autrefois, il y avait deux Dauphins,
Les deux ont habit茅 au Palais,
L’un 脿 Versailles,
L’autre 脿 la Mediteran茅e,
Ils ont presid茅 leur domaine,
Mais bien qu’un command芒t au champ de bataille,
Et 茅tait le prince de la terre,
L’autre s’est amus茅 dans l’eau
Et 茅tait le prince de la mer,
L’un a pass茅 son temps en attendant un couronnement,
L’autre 茅tait hereux, il existe tout simplement
Finalement, leur destin est le m锚me
L’un est mort dans l’int茅r锚t de libert茅
Et l’autre meurt 脿 cause du r茅chauffement.
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