Joséphine Bacon

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 translatorinterpreter 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