Julienne Salvat (12 May 1932 – 11 March 2019) was a French teacher, poet, ''Femme de lettres'', and actress from

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who spent a large part of her career in

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. She was the recipient of the Silver Medal from the Société Académique ASL in 2010.

Biography

Julienne Salvat was born in

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, Martinique on 12 May 1932. She was a French teacher first in Martinique and in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

, before her relocation to Réunion, working in

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from 1965 until 1992. In addition to her teaching career, she devoted herself to theater and poetry. Salvat militated for Reunionese culture within the associations Union for the Defense of Reunion Identity (UDIR) and Association Reunion Communication and Culture (ARCC). She animated poetic and literary events, and regularly participated in various national and international fairs and festivals of poetry and theater. Salvat was an

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delegate member of the

Société des poètes français The ''Société des poètes français'' (, "Society of French Poets"), or SPF, was founded in 1902 by José-Maria de Heredia, Sully Prudhomme, and Leon Dierx, on the centenary of the birth of Victor Hugo. The first president was Auguste Dorchain. ...

; as well as a member of Centre Réunionnais d'Action Culturelle (CRAC), L’ADELF (Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française), and Maison des Ecrivains et de la Littérature. Salvat died in France on 11 March 2019, and was buried in

Bègles Bègles (; Gascon: ''Begla'') is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the south. Bègles station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux. Population ...

Awards

*2010, Silver Medal, Société Académique ASL

Selected works

*''Tessons enflammés'' (poetry, [1993). *''Poèmes d’Elles'' (collection of women's poetry from the Indian Ocean region, edited and prefaced by Julienne Salvat, 1997). *''Chants de veille'' (poetry, 1998). *''Fractiles'' (poetry, 2001). *''La lettre d'Avignon'' (novel, 2002). *''Feuillesonge'' (poetry, 2006). *''Camille, récits d'hier et d'aujourd'hui'' (novel, 2007).

References

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