Beverly Matherne

Beverly Matherne (born March 15, 1946) is a Cajun poet, translator and editor. She has written five bilingual books of poetry and two bilingual chapbooks of poetry. She is Professor Emerita of English at Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, MI. She served as poet laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from March 2023 to July 2025.

Biography She grew up in Grand Point, in St. James Parish, Louisiana. She graduated from Lutcher High School in 1964.

Career Matherne held a full-time teaching appointment in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, serving as a one-year replacement assistant professor from September 1974 to May 1975. (numéro spécial: Acadie et Louisiane), Langage et Créativité, Port Acadie: Revue interdisciplinaires en études acadiennes, and Résonances.