Yves Bonnefoy
French poet, essayist, and translator (1923–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian.[1] He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French.[2][1] He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1981 to 1993 and is the author of several works on art, art history, and artists including Miró and Giacometti, and a monograph on Paris-based Iranian artist Farhad Ostovani.[2] The Encyclopædia Britannica states that Bonnefoy was ″perhaps the most important French poet of the latter half of the 20th century.″[3]
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Born | Yves Jean Bonnefoy 24 June 1923 Tours, France |
Died | 1 July 2016(2016-07-01) (aged 93) Paris, France |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Parent(s) | Marius Elie-Bonnefoy Hélène Maury |
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