Bonnefoy, yves social networks and archival context. This book, published in 1916 by the macmillan company and collected by newton d. Poet, essayist, art and literary critic, translator and editor, yves bonnefoy sought throughout to make clear the ground on which this hopefulness was to be built. In praise of the curved planks farrar, straus and giroux, 2006. He studied mathematics, the history of science, and philosophy at both the university of poitiers and the sorbonne. His work has been translated into many languages, and he is a celebrated translator of shakespeare and yeats. Between 1957 and 1988, the contemporary french poet yves bonnefoy translated shakespeares hamlet five times. This essay will be included as the preface to a volume of bonnefoys essays, to be published by the university of chicago press at the end of this year. Yves bonnefoy, who has died aged 93, was the most influential french poet since the second world war.
Pdf the notion of presence in the poetics of yves bonnefoy. But some of us also lost the man who was our spiritual father. His windows at the back look over a small garden, one of the few remaining parts of montemartre that has not been built upona huge maple tree shades the building and the rosecovered walls. Mathilde bonnefoy born 11 march 1972 is a french film editor and director who was nominated for an ace eddie award for the editing of the film run lola run 1998 and who won the award for editing the documentary citizenfour 2014. He moved to paris in 1943 and was influenced by surrealist poets andre breton and george eluard. We are sad to share the news that renowned french poet, translator, and critic yves bonnefoy died on friday, at the age of 93. Poetry, translation, literary criticism major works. Yves bonnefoy, french poet and shakespeare translator. The house where i was born 01 the house where i was born 02 the house where i was born 03 the house where i was born 04 the house where i was born 05 the house where i was born 06 the house where i was born 07 the house where i was born 08.
She and her husband dirk wilutzky additionally served as producers of citizenfour with its director laura poitras, and the three received the 2014 academy award. See note this piece is 4,000 words or about ten printed pages long. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Yves bonnefoy on delacroixs hamlet and on shakespeare. Livre d yves bonnefoy collection librairie du xxie siecle. Yves bonnefoy and shakespeare as a french poet oxford. Yves bonnefoy, born on june 24, 1923, is perhaps the most important french poet of the latter half of the 20 th century.
This thesis is an indepth analysis of these five translations and of their evolution. Yves bonnefoy, who was generally regarded as frances preeminent poet of the postwar era, as well as its leading translator of shakespeare and a wideranging art critic in the spirit of baudelaire, died on friday in paris. Yves bonnefoy was generally regarded as frances preeminent poet of the postwar era, as well as its leading translator of shakespeare and a wideranging art critic in the spirit of baudelaire. Discover book depositorys huge selection of yves bonnefoy books online.
Admirers from around the world took to twitter to mourn bonnefoy, known for his piercing gaze and mop of white hair, many of them quoting lines from his most famous works, reports the afp. In 1943, after studying science and mathematics at the university of poitiers, he enrolled at the sorbonne and moved to paris, where he associated with the surrealist milieu. Bonnefoy translated many of shakespeares most significant works, including julius caesar 1960, hamlet 1962, king lear 1965, and romeo and juliet 1968. The argument of maurice betzs memoir on rilkes various residencies in paris between 1902 and 1914 is that the young poets experience of the french capital is what turned him into a great poet.
Yves bonnefoy is one of the most highly admired poets to reach maturity in france in the postworld war ii period, and many would identify him as the most important french poetintellectual at the. On yves bonnefoys the tombs of ravenna martyn crucefix. Yves bonnefoy was born in tours, france to a railroad worker and a schoolteacher. Frances most famous contemporary poet, yves bonnefoy, has died at the age of 93, officials confirmed today. In july of 2016, the world community of letters mourned the death of yves bonnefoy, the greatest french poet of our time. Yves bonnefoy, selected prose works in translation loyola. Keats and bonnefoy melded in my mind and i was reading the latter in terms of the former as follows. Explore books by yves bonnefoy with our selection at. Pdf the notion of presence is the cornerstone of bonnefoy s entire poetics, the common element linking his earliest pronouncements about poetry to his. Yves bonnefoy poetry collection from famous poets and poems. Poetics of yves bonnefoy 283 this bonnefoy tends summarily to evoke with the terms image or imaginaire, urging us to recognize, within ourselves, the contrary pulls of presence and a will to be, for being, that, for the poet, can only be satisfied by an act of considerably delicate, but sure, equilibrium. Rimbaud hardcover june, 1973 by yves bonnefoy author see all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Join facebook to connect with yves bonnefoy and others you may know. Poet, art critic, historian, translator particularly of shakespeare, specialist in the problem of the relation of poetry to the visual arts and to the history of religions, bonnefoy is now considered one of the most distinguished men of letters of his generation. After knowing him well for almost half a century, i am acutely aware that he was the last of my parentsand in many ways, the. Yves bonnefoy articles by yves bonnefoy autumn 2016 yeatss poetics. French poet, translator, and critic yves bonnefoy 19232016 died on july 1, 2016. His more than 100 titles, to which he was adding regularly into his nineties, comprises poetry. Poet, art critic, historian, translator particularly of shakespeare, specialist in the problem of the relation of poetry to the visual arts and to the history of religions, bonnefoy is now considered one of the most distinguished men of.
Mereness, is an assortment of travel journals written by a variety of different individuals between 1690 and 1783 as they documented their journeys through the american colonies. Yves bonnefoy, 19232016 by harriet staff poetry foundation. Yves bonnefoy has published numerous studies of literature and art, as well as an extensive dictionary of mythology. Yves bonnefoy was born in tours, france, on june 24, 1923. This essay explores his interpretations and translations of shakespeares plays and poems, informed by his own poetic vision, anchored in a literary tradition whose high points include baudelaire and rimbaud. Yves bonnefoy is the most important and influential french poet to have emerged since the second world war. I would like to bring together, almost identify, poetry and hope. 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. Pdf the notion of presence is the cornerstone of bonnefoys entire poetics, the common element linking his earliest. A way among the words, that would be the end of our solitude in language. Yves bonnefoy was born on june 24, 1923, in tours, france.
Yves bonnefoy, celebrated translator and critic, is widely considered the most important and influential french poet since world war ii. Yves bonnefoy s translation of hamiet, but the lines could apply equally well to the task of translating the play into french, at least in the opinion of the poettranslator who has so far produced four retranslations of his original hamlet 1957, the latest being a 1988 revision performed under. The apartment is jampacked with books and tables, the largest of. President francois hollande paid tribute to one of the greatest poets of the. Of course, he is thinking about the end of his road, with the same clarity and grace that he has thought about every step along the way. It was edited under the auspices of the national society of the colonial dames of america. Yves bonnefoy is a key figure in the french literary reception of shakespeare. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.