Yves Bonnefoy was born on 24 June 1923 in Tours and died in Paris on 1 July 2016. A poet, art critic, and translator, he is considered one of the leading poets of the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st. His poems have been translated into over thirty languages, including English, Japanese, Italian, and German.
His poetry was included on 13 April 2023 in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade collection of Gallimard Publications.
Major awards:
1971: Prix des Critiques
1978: Prix Montaigne
1981: Grand prix de poésie de l’Académie française for all his work
1987: Prix Goncourt de la poésie for all his work
1993: Grand Prix National de la poésie
1995: Prix Mondial Cino del Duca
2000: Prix Giacomo Leopardi
2000: Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards, Grand Prize (Japon)
Yves Bonnefoy was born on 24 June 1923 in Tours and died in Paris on 1 July 2016. A poet, art critic, and translator, he is considered one of the leading poets of the second half of the 20th century and the early 21st. His poems have been translated into over thirty languages, including English, Japanese, Italian, and German.
His poetry was included on 13 April 2023 in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade collection of Gallimard Publications.
Major awards:
1971: Prix des Critiques
1978: Prix Montaigne
1981: Grand prix de poésie de l’Académie française for all his work
1987: Prix Goncourt de la poésie for all his work
1993: Grand Prix National de la poésie
1995: Prix Mondial Cino del Duca
2000: Prix Giacomo Leopardi
2000: Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards, Grand Prize (Japon)
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Yves Bonnefoy is one of the most important French poets of the post-war period. The classicism of his poetry is embedded in the most advanced modernist achievements of European poetry, while his modernism soars to the highest realms of classical poetry.
