Josyane De Jesus-Bergey

• Name — Josyane de Jesus Bergey • Born — 1941 • Birthplace — La Rochelle, France • Occupation — Poet Josyane de Jesus Bergey (born 1941) is a Franco/Portuguese poet.

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. In this role, she organises literary meetings in the Charente Maritime, as well as events such as The Poets' Spring Time 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 represent poets from 85 nations.

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.

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

• Poetic co-revision, with Mohamed Rafrafi, of the translation done by Hédia DRIDI 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

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