Philippe Jaccottet
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Jaccottet in 1991 | |
| Native name | Philippe Jaccottet |
| Born | 30 June 1925 Moudon, Switzerland |
| Died | 24 February 2021 (aged 95) Grignan, France |
| Language | French |
Philippe Jaccottet (French: [filip ʒakotɛ]; 30 June 1925 - 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. He was born in Moudon, Switzerland.
He translated the writings of Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Homer and Ungaretti.
In 2014, Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.[1][2]
Jaccottet died in Grignan, France, on 24 February 2021 at the age of 95.[3]
Honours
- 1958 Prix des écrivains vaudois
- 1966 Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung
- 1981 Prix Gottfried Keller
- 1985 Grand Prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris
- 1988 Petrarca-Preis
- 1995 Grand Prix national de Poésie
- 2003 Prix Goncourt de la poésie[4]
- 2018 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca[5]
References
- ↑ "Le poète vaudois Philippe Jaccottet entre de son vivant dans La Pléiade", www.rts.ch (page visited on 14 February 2014).
- ↑ "Philippe Jaccottet", www.la-pleiade.fr (page visited on 14 February 2014).
- ↑ "Le poète Philippe Jaccottet est décédé". Tribune de Genève. 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Lauréats". Académie Goncourt. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ Isabel Contreras (24 May 2018). "Philippe Jaccottet récompensé par le prix mondial Cino del Duca 2018". Livres Hebdo. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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