Yves Bonnefoy
French poet and art historian
Died when: 93 years 7 days (1116 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) 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.
He was 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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