Books written by Yves Bonnefoy

Alberto Giacometti

Suspended Ball, 1 930. Wood and metal, 234/5" x 1 A2/5" x 1 32/5". Collection of the Musee Notional d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou. © Phototheque du MNAM, Paris. Gazing Head, 1928. Marble, 16"10" x 14"2" x 3"K>".
Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011

TROIS SOUVENIRS DE BORGES I Je tourne dans ma mémoire les pages d'un de mes livres de souvenirs. Celui-ci, quelques images d'un homme qui me donna d'emblée l'impression qu'il y avait en lui une souffrance aussi profonde qu'ancienne dans ...
Les Planches courbes

Nous allions, et c'était / Dans un autre monde, / Nos bouches s'enivraient / De l'odeur de l'herbe. Terre, / L'étoffe de la pluie se plaquait sur toi. / C'était comme le sein / Qu'eût rêvé un peintre." Yves Bonnefoy.
New and Selected Poems

Le bras que l'on soulève et le bras que l'on tourne Ne sont d'un même instant que pour nos lourdes têtes, Mais rejetés ces draps de verdure et de boue Il ne reste qu'un feu du royaume de mort. La jambe démeublée où le grand vent pénètre ...
Ce Qui Fut Sans Lumiere

Elle a tourné comme si des chemins Se dessinaient pour elle sur la houle Qui parcourt doucement , brisant l'écume , L'immensité de l'ombre de l'étoile . Et qui sont - ils , à bord ? Un homme , une femme Qui se détachent noirs de la ...
Ensemble encore / Perambulans in noctem

DEDANS, DEHORS ?
Remarques sur le dessin

Quelles vibrations dans ce trait qui se risque parfois dans des taches, sous des rehauts d’un peu de couleur : le dessin !
The Lure and the Truth of Painting: Selected Essays on Art

I see man sick of Images , man sick of his Image . ... I crave , I long for Abstinence from Images , for every Image is bad . ” 5 Barthes is concerned here with the ideological , stereotypical , or , as he calls it , " endoxical " Image ...
Shakespeare and the French Poet

A meditation on the major plays of Shakespeare and the thorny art of literary translation, Shakespeare and the French Poet contains twelve essays from France's most esteemed critic and preeminent living poet, Yves Bonnefoy.
Asian Mythologies

Every myth tells how something came into existence — the world , man , an animal species ... For all that is told in myths concerns the listeners directly , whereas tales and fables refer to events which , even when they have caused ...
Roman and European Mythologies

But there is still a central myth which tells of the beginnings of the world, of what happened before the world became as ... For all that is told in myths concerns the listeners directly, whereas tales and fables refer to events which, ...
American, African, and Old European Mythologies

... in the Maghreb, 173-75; in Mesoamerica, 54-55, 62, 64, 68-69; in North America, 33-34, 40-42; in Oceania, 99-100; ... 37 Beregyni, 244 Ber shishvlish, 260 Betkil, 261 Bible, 90 Bifrost, 227 Bihongo, 166 Bindus Neptunus, 196 Binego, ...
New and Selected Poems

This title provides a comprehensive selection, covering a period of 40 years, of the poetic writings of France's greatest living poet.
The Red Scarf: Followed by 'two Stages' and Additional Notes

" Bonnefoy offers an anatomy of his father's silence, and of the melancholy that seemed to take hold some years into his marriage to the poet's mother. At the heart of this book is the ballad of Elie and H l ne, the poet's parents.
Greek and Egyptian Mythologies

The seventy-two entries in this volume explore, among other topics, the history, geography, and religion of Greece, Plato's mythology and philosophy, the powers of marriage in Greece, heroes and gods of war in the Greek epic, and origins of ...
New and Selected Poems

This is definitely a volume worth having, for layman and French specialist alike."—Hilary Davies, Times Literary Supplement "Anyone not familiar with Bonnefoy's work will benefit from the background information and explanations given by ...
Yves Bonnefoy Coffret 3 volumes: Les planches courbes.

Yves Bonnefoy Coffret 3 volumes: Les planches courbes.
The Curved Planks: Poems

This bilingual edition of The Curved Planks sets the French texts alongside English versions by the noted translator Hoyt Rogers, who has collaborated closely with Bonnefoy in crafting poems that re-create the freshness and vision of the ...
Together Still

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.
Ensemble encore: Suivi de Perambulans in noctem

C'est bizarre, je ne vous reconnais pas ; Tant il fait nuit Je ne vois plus votre visage ; En dépit dans vos yeux de cette lumière ; De diverses...