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Philippe Jaccottet

Born

in Moudon, Switzerland

June 30, 1925

Died

February 24, 2021

Genre

Poetry

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Philippe Jaccottet was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,201 ratings · 122 reviews · 184 distinct works • Similar authors

	À la lumière d'hiver 3.46 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1977 — 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
	Poésie, 1946-1967 3.54 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1971 — 4 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
	Cahier de verdure/Après beaucoup d'années 3.60 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Paysages avec figures absentes 4.13 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1970 — 9 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
	Obscurity by Philippe Jaccottet, Tess Lewis (Translation) 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1961 — 7 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
	Seedtime: Notebooks, 1954-79 by Philippe Jaccottet, Tess Lewis (Translation) 4.34 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1977 — 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
	Selected Poems \| Philippe Jaccottet by Philippe Jaccottet, Derek Mahon (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1987 — 3 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 Pilgrim's Bowl: (Giorgio Morandi) 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2001 — 7 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
	À la lumière d'hiver / Pensées sous les nuages / Leçons / Chants d'en bas 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings	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
	Breathings: the poems of Philippe Jaccottet 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1974 — 3 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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“All words are written in the same ink,
'flower' and 'power,' say, are much the same,
and though I might write 'blood, blood, blood'
all over the page, the paper would not be stained
now would I bleed.”
― Philippe Jaccottet

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“Distances"

Swifts turn in the heights of the air;
higher still turn the invisible stars.
When day withdraws to the ends of the earth
their fires shine on a dark expanse of sand.

We live in a world of motion and distance.
The heart flies from tree to bird,
from bird to distant star,
from star to love; and love grows
in the quiet house, turning and working,
servant of thought, a lamp held in one hand.”
― Philippe Jaccottet

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“Il se peut que la beauté naisse quand la limite et l'illimité deviennent visibles en même temps, c'est-à-dire quand on voit des formes tout en devinant qu'elles ne disent pas tout, qu'elles ne sont pas réduites à elles-mêmes, qu'elles laissent à l'insaisissable sa part. Il n'y a pas de beauté, du moins pour nos yeux, dans l'insaisissable seul et il n'y en a pas dans les formes sans profondeur, complètement avouées, déployées. Mais les combinaisons de la limite et de l'illimité sont en nombre infini, d'où la variété de l'art.”
― Philippe Jaccottet, La Semaison. Carnets 1954-1979

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