Description
Yves Bonnefoy's final poetic work, a collection of reflections about poetry, legacy, and life.
The international community of letters mourned the recent death of Yves Bonnefoy, universally acclaimed as one of France's greatest poets of the last half-century. A prolific author, he was often considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize and published a dozen major collections of poetry in verse and prose, several books of dream-like tales, and numerous studies of literature and art. His oeuvre has been translated into scores of languages, and he himself was a celebrated translator of Shakespeare, Yeats, Keats, and Leopardi.
Together Still is his final poetic work, composed just months before his death. The book is nothing short of a literary testament, addressed to his wife, his daughter, his friends, and his readers throughout the world. In these pages, he ruminates on his legacy to future generations, his insistence on living in the present, his belief in the triumphant lessons of beauty, and, above all, his courageous identification of poetry with hope.
About the Author
Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016) was a poet, critic, and professor of comparative poetics at the College de France. In addition to poetry and literary criticism, he published numerous works of art history and translated into French several of Shakespeare's plays. Hoyt Rogers is the author of a poetry collection, Witnesses, and a volume of criticism, The Poetics of Inconstancy. He translates from French, German, and Spanish.
Reviews
"Undoubtedly one of the major French poets of the last six decades. . . . Illuminating and deeply moving." * World Literature Today *
Book Information
ISBN 9781803092959
Author Yves Bonnefoy
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Seagull Books London Ltd
Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 8mm * 5mm * 1mm
The international community of letters mourned the recent death of Yves Bonnefoy, universally acclaimed as one of France's greatest poets of the last half-century. A prolific author, he was often considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize and published a dozen major collections of poetry in verse and prose, several books of dream-like tales, and numerous studies of literature and art. His oeuvre has been translated into scores of languages, and he himself was a celebrated translator of Shakespeare, Yeats, Keats, and Leopardi.
Together Still is his final poetic work, composed just months before his death. The book is nothing short of a literary testament, addressed to his wife, his daughter, his friends, and his readers throughout the world. In these pages, he ruminates on his legacy to future generations, his insistence on living in the present, his belief in the triumphant lessons of beauty, and, above all, his courageous identification of poetry with hope.
About the Author
Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016) was a poet, critic, and professor of comparative poetics at the College de France. In addition to poetry and literary criticism, he published numerous works of art history and translated into French several of Shakespeare's plays. Hoyt Rogers is the author of a poetry collection, Witnesses, and a volume of criticism, The Poetics of Inconstancy. He translates from French, German, and Spanish.
Reviews
"Undoubtedly one of the major French poets of the last six decades. . . . Illuminating and deeply moving." * World Literature Today *
Book Information
ISBN 9781803092959
Author Yves Bonnefoy
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Seagull Books London Ltd
Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 8mm * 5mm * 1mm
