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Yves Bonnefoy
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Born
July 24
,
1923
·
Tours, France
Died
July 1
,
2016
·
Paris, France
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Yves Bonnefoy was born on July 24, 1923 in Tours, France. He was a writer, known for
Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960)
,
Le roi Lear (1965)
and
Qu'est-ce que la poésie? (2018)
. He was married to
Lucille Vines
. He died on July 1, 2016 in Paris, France.
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Spouse
Lucille Vines
(1968 - July 1, 2016) (his death, 1 child)
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 136, pages 26-30. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
Father of
Mathilde Bonnefoy
.
He taught literature at several American universities, including Brandeis, the City University of New York, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, and Yale.
He was widely regarded as France's leading poet of the post-WWII era, as well as its leading translator of Shakespeare.
He studied mathematics at the University of Poitiers.
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