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Yves Bonnefoy

Born

in Tours, France

June 24, 1923

Died

July 01, 2016

Genre

Poetry, Arts & Photography

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Yves Bonnefoy (1923/6/24-2016/7/1) was a French poet and essayist. Bonnefoy was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, the son of a railroad worker and a teacher.

His works have been of great importance in post-war French literature, at the same time poetic and theoretical, examining the meaning of the spoken and written word. He also published a number of translations, most notably Shakespeare and published several works on art and art history, including Miró and Giacometti.

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	Les Planches courbes 3.48 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arrière-pays by Yves Bonnefoy, Stephen Romer (Translator, Introduction) 4.22 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1972 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rimbaud (Harper colophon Books, CN 297) 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1958 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poèmes: Du mouvement et de l'immobilite de Douve; Hier régnant désert; Pierre écrite, Dans le leurre du seuil 3.81 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1978 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giacometti 4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1991 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ايف بونفوا الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة by Yves Bonnefoy (Author), أدونيس (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New and Selected Poems by Yves Bonnefoy, John T. Naughton (Editor), Anthony Rudolf (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow's Light by Yves Bonnefoy, John T. Naughton (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ce qui fut sans lumière suivi de début et fin de la neige 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Yves Bonnefoy, Hoyt Rogers (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Our hands full or not:
The same abundance.
Our eyes open or shut:
The same light.”
― Yves Bonnefoy, The Curved Planks: Poems

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“Unknowing, let us sleep. Chest against chest,
Our breathing mingled, hand in hand without dreams.”
― Yves Bonnefoy, The Curved Planks: Poems

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“Clouds, this evening
The same as always, like thirst,
The same red dress, unfastened.
Imagine, passerby,
Our new beginnings, our eagerness, our trust.”
― Yves Bonnefoy, The Curved Planks: Poems

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