Josyane De Jesus-Bergey

Josyane de Jesus Bergey
Josyane de Jesus Bergey
Born	1941; La Rochelle, France
Nationality	Franco-Portuguese
Occupation	Poet

Last updated April 11, 2025

Josyane de Jesus Bergey (born 1941) is a Franco/Portuguese poet.

Biography

Josyane de Jesus Bergey was born in La Rochelle, France. She worked in the civil service.

She is the vice president of a French literary association "Larochellivre" based in La Rochelle.^[1] In this role, she organises literary meetings in the Charente Maritime, as well as events such as The Poets' Spring Time^[2] and the Salon of Poetry Works.

de Jesus Bergey is a close friend of Jean Bouhier who, together with Pierre Pernon, founded the poetic movement of the school of Rochefort "l'Ecole de Rochefort” in 1941. In 1991 she founded the Forest of one thousand poets at Vesdun (Cher) where 85 oak trees represents poets from 85 nations.

Work

de Jesus Bergey's influences include Mediterranean culture and writers including Palestinian Mahmoud Darwish and the Algerian Mohamed Dib. Her texts have been translated into English by Angela Serna and into Portuguese by Ruth Motta.

Selected bibliography

de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1995). L'heure Marine (Sea time). Nantes, France: Petit Véhicule.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1996). Pour un soleil qui meurt (For a dying sun). France: Arcam.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1997). De l’arbre à l’homme... jusqu’à l’épuisement de la saignée (From the tree to the man... till the end of the bleeding). Loire, France: La Bartavelle Editeur.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1998). La brodeuse d´écume (The foam embroidery). Millau, France: Clapas.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1998). L’eau Perride (The lost lake). Loire, France: La Bartavelle Editeur.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1998). Le temps suspensif (The suspensive time). Montpellier, France: Encres vives.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (1999). Un cheval sur l’océan (A horse on the ocean). Montpellier, France: Encres vives.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2000). Ne me raccompagnez pas, je suis pressée (Do not accompany me back, I am in a hurry). Loire, France: La Bartavelle Editeur.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2000). Comme une confession de pierres - Eldjazaïr (Like a stone confession – Eldjazaïr). La Rochelle, France: Rumeur des Ages. ISBN 2843270758.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2003). Ce n’est pas parce que la porte s’est refermée (The door closed on itself). La Rochelle, France: Rumeur des Ages.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2004). BUS 25 pour rendre visite aux ombres (BUS 25 to call on the shadows). La Rochelle, France: Rumeur des Ages. ISBN 978-2843271045.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2005). La Grande Boiterie (The big lameness). La Rochelle, France: Rumeur des Ages.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2008). Le Poème Henri Meschonnic . France: Faire Part. 45 contributors including De Jesus-Bergey
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2008). Quebec 2008. Quebec, Canada: Écrits des Forges. Co-editor. 20 contributing authors from two continents.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2009). Amulettes (Amulets). Normandy, France: Encre et Lumière. ISBN 9782915235531.
de Jesus-Bergey, Josyane (2016). Alipio. Pont Aven, France: Vagamundo. ISBN 979-1092521115.

Artistic collaborations

She was involved in exhibitions with the following artists:

2006 with Joëlle Vassogne, La Rochelle
2006 with Hamid Tibouchi, Frontignan
2007 with Mohamed Oulhaci, Algeria
2008 La Grande Traversée (The great crossing) with Marc Mongeau, La Rochelle,Quebec including publication Voiles 2008 (Sails 2008)
2009 with Ana Sancuez Serrano, (Vitoria, Spain

Translation

Poetic co-revision, with Mohamed Rafrafi, of the translation done by Hédia DRIDI^[3] from Arabic into French for the poems collection of the Iraqi poet Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq, entitled "From The War Child's Dairy" (Mémoires de l'enfant de la guerre) L'Harmattan Edition, December 2008

Meetings and festivals

2005: Mediterranean Voices,^[4] poetry festival, Lodeve
2006: Poets' Springtime, Lodeve
2008: Vitoria-Gasteitz^[5], Spain
2008: Poetry festival, organised by the National Centre of Translation, Tunis University

References

↑ (in French) Présentation de l'association in the official website of « LarochellIvre » Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
↑ (in French) French official website of « he Poets' Spring Time»
↑ (in French) Ne volez pas ma voix
↑ "Programmation 2005" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2006. (4.41 MB) Web oficial del Festival Voix de la méditerranée^{[ dead link ‍]}
↑ (in Spanish) Los versos franceses toman la Casa de Cultura in noticiasdealava.com Archived 1 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] (in French) Présentation de l'association in the official website of « LarochellIvre » Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[2] (in French) French official website of « he Poets' Spring Time»

[3] (in French) Ne volez pas ma voix

[4] "Programmation 2005" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2006. (4.41 MB) Web oficial del Festival Voix de la méditerranée^{[ dead link ‍]}

[5] (in Spanish) Los versos franceses toman la Casa de Cultura in noticiasdealava.com Archived 1 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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Josyane de Jesus Bergey
Born	1941 La Rochelle, France
Nationality	Franco-Portuguese
Occupation	Poet