Philippe Jaccottet facts for kids
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Jaccottet in 1991
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Philippe Jaccottet
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| 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.
Life and work
After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of Grignan in Provence. He has translated numerous authors and poets into French, including Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Homer and Ungaretti. He was awarded the German international Petrarca-Preis in 1988 for his poetry.
In 2014, Philippe Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. After Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Blaise Cendrars and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, he was the fourth Swiss author to be published in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
Jaccottet died in Grignan, France, in February 2021 at the age of 95.
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
- 2018 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
See also
In Spanish: Philippe Jaccottet para niños
- Swiss literature
- List of Swiss poets
