Yves Bonnefoy | |
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.jpg) Bonnefoy in 2004 | |
| Born | Yves Jean Bonnefoy 24 June 1923 Tours, France |
| Died | 1 July 2016 (aged 93) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Parent(s) | Marius Elie-Bonnefoy Hélène Maury |
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]
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Art Historians - Yves Bonnefoy".
- ^ a b "Yves Bonnefoy, Pre-Eminent French Poet, Dies at 93". The New York Times. 6 July 2016.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (updated 3 July 2016) "Yves Bonnefoy - French author". Encyclopædia Britannica.