Joséphine Bacon is an Innu poet from Pessamit, born in 1947. Director and lyricist, she is considered a leading author of Quebec. She worked as a translator-interpreter with elders, those who hold traditional knowledge, and, with wisdom, she learned to listen to their words. Joséphine Bacon often says of herself that she is not a poet, but that in her nomadic and generous heart, she speaks a language full of poetry where echoes of the elders who have marked her life resonate.

Joséphine Bacon

Acting Pessamit, Québec, Canada

Joséphine Bacon is an Innu poet from Pessamit, born in 1947. Director and lyricist, she is considered a leading author of Quebec. She worked as a translator-interpreter with elders, those who hold traditional knowledge, and, with wisdom, she learned to listen to their words. Joséphine Bacon often says of herself that she is not a poet, but that in her nomadic and generous heart, she speaks a language full of poetry where echoes of the elders who have marked her life resonate.

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Bonsoir bonsoir!

Self

L'heure est grave

Herself

L’avenir nous appartient

Self

La revue culturelle

Self

La table de Kim

Self

Hochelaga, Land of Souls

Membre du jury

Parole Amérikoises

Call Me Human

Self

Archipelago

Bootlegger

Nora

Territoires, alliances et autres métissages

Habiter le mouvement (un récit en 10 chapitres)

Intervenante et poétesse