Julienne Salvat

Julienne Salvat (12 May 1932 – 11 March 2019) was a French teacher, poet, Femme de lettres, and actress from Martinique who spent a large part of her career in Réunion.

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 Indian Ocean delegate member of the Société des poètes français; 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.

[1] Salvat died in France on 11 March 2019,[2] and was buried in Bègles.