Yves Bonnefoy
Essayist, Author
1923 –
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Who is Yves Bonnefoy?
Yves Bonnefoy is 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 has also published a number of translations, most notably Shakespeare as well as several works on art and art history, including Miró and Giacometti.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1923
Tours - Children
- Ethnicity
- French people
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- University of Poitiers
- Lived in
- Tours
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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