New and Selected Poems

by Yves Bonnefoy

Book Overview

Yves Bonnefoy, celebrated translator and critic, is widely considered the most important and influential French poet since World War II. Named to the College de France in 1981 to fill the chair left vacant by the death of Roland Barthes, Bonnefoy was the first poet honored in this way since Paul Valery. Winner of many awards, including the Prix Goncourt in 1987 and the Hudson Review's Bennett Award in 1988, he is the author of six critically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226064603
• ISBN13: 9780226064604
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"