Yves Bonnefoy
French poet, essayist, translator (1923-2016) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 93
Yves Jean Bonnefoy was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French.
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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. The Encyclopædia Britannica states that Bonnefoy was ″perhaps the most important French poet of the latter half of the 20th century.″
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Tomas TranströmerBoth received Horst Bienek Award for Poetry
Simin BehbahaniBoth received Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize
Edmond JabèsBoth received Grand prix national de la poésie
Rafael AlbertiBoth received Golden Wreath
Gennadiy AygiBoth received Golden Wreath
AdunisBoth received Janus Pannonius International Poetry Prize