PHILOSOPHER

Yves Bonnefoy

1923 - 2016

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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 a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Bonnefoy is the 636th most popular philosopher (down from 633rd in 2019), the 2,011th most popular biography from France (down from 1,978th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 636 out of 1,267. Before him are Yan Hui, Étienne Balibar, Syrianus, Andreas Karlstadt, Maurice Blondel, and Aristo of Chios. After him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Alexander of Hales, André Gorz, Zou Yan, Nicola Abbagnano, and Zacharias Rhetor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 97. Before him are Zarifa Aliyeva, Gyula Lóránt, Sergey Akhromeyev, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Hank Williams, and Ernest Mandel. After him are André Gorz, Albert King, Shūsaku Endō, Bettie Page, Antony Flew, and Edward Mulhare. Among people deceased in 2016, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 117. Before him are Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Edward Albee, Bata Živojinović, Carmen Pereira, Piet de Jong, and Chris Amon. After him are Peter Naur, Glenn Frey, Michel Rocard, Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge Batlle, and William H. McNeill.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 2,011 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Blondel (1861), Étienne Méhul (1763), Carolus-Duran (1837), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Nicole Fontaine (1942), and Paul Durand-Ruel (1831). After him are Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (1540), Albert Sarraut (1872), André Tardieu (1876), Camille Chautemps (1885), Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649), and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 83. Before him are Jean Hyppolite (1907), Jacques Ellul (1912), Henry Corbin (1903), Berengar of Tours (998), Étienne Balibar (1942), and Maurice Blondel (1861). After him are Pierre Hadot (1922), Émile Chartier (1868), Amalric of Bena (1150), Paul Nizan (1905), Paul Virilio (1932), and Fulbert of Chartres (960).

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