Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss

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poet and translator.

Life and work

After completing his studies in

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, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of

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. He has translated numerous authors and poets into French, including

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, Hölderlin, Mann,

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, Góngora,

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and

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. He was awarded the German international

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in 1988 for his poetry. In 2014, Philippe Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious ''

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''. After

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and

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, he was the fourth Swiss author to be published in the ''

''. Jaccottet died in

, France, in February 2021 at the age of 95.

Honours

* 1958

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* 1966

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* 1981

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* 1985

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* 1988

* 1995

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* 2003

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* 2018

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Publications

* ''L'Effraie'', 1953 * ''L'Entretien des muses'', 1968 * ''Paysages avec figures absentes'', 1970 * ''Chant d'En-bas'', 1974 * ''Rilke par lui-même'', 1971 * ''À la lumière d'hiver'', 1974 * ''Des Histoires de passage'', 1983 * ''Pensées sous les nuages'', 1983 * ''La Semaison, Carnets 1954-1967'', 1984 * ''Une Transaction secrète'', 1987 * ''Cahier de verdure'', 1990 (poem ''Cherry Tree'', Eng. trans. Mark Treharne) * ''Requiem'', 1991 * ''Libretto'', La Dogana, 1990 * ''Poésie'', ''1946-1967'', Poésie/Gallimard, Paris, (1971) 1990 * ''Requiem'' (1946) ; suivi de, Remarques (1990), Fata Morgana, 1991 * ''Cristal et fumée'', Fata Morgana, 1993 * ''A la lumière d'hiver'' ; précédé de, ''Leçons'' ; et de, ''Chants d'en bas'' ; et suivi de, ''Pensées sous les nuages'', Gallimard, 1994 (poem ''Learning'', trans. Mark Treharne, Delos Press, 2001) * ''Après beaucoup d'années'', Gallimard, 1994 * ''Autriche'', Éditions L'Age d'homme, 1994 * ''Eaux prodigues'', Nasser Assar, lithographies, La Sétérée, J. Clerc, 1994 * ''Ecrits pour papier journal : chroniques 1951-1970'', texts gathered and présented by Jean Pierre Vidal, Gallimard, 1994 * ''Tout n'est pas dit'' : billets pour la Béroche : 1956-1964,

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, 1994 * ''La seconde semaison : carnets 1980-1994'', Gallimard, 1996 * ''Beauregard'', postf. d'Adrien Pasquali, Éditions Zoé, 1997 * ''Paysages avec figures absentes'', Gallimard, Paris, (1976) 1997, "coll. poésie/gallimard". * ''Observations et autres notes anciennes : 1947-1962'', Gallimard, 1998 * ''A travers un verger'' ; suivi de, ''Les cormorans'' ; et de, ''Beauregard'', Gallimard, 2000 * ''Carnets 1995-1998 : la semaison III'', Gallimard, 2001 * ''Notes du ravin'', Fata Morgana, 2001 * ''Et, néanmoins'' : proses et poésies, Gallimard, 2001 * ''Le bol du pèlerin'' (Morandi), La Dogana, 2001. * ''Une Constellation, tout près'', La Dogana, 2002. * ''A partir du mot Russie'', Fata Morgana, 2002 * ''Gustave Roud'', présentation et choix de textes par Philippe Jaccottet, Seghers, 2002 * ' ; éd. établie, annotée et présentée par José-Flore Tappy, Gallimard, 2002 * ''Nuages'', Philippe Jaccottet, Alexandre Hollan, Fata Morgana, 2002 * ''Cahier de verdure'' ; suivi de, ''Après beaucoup d'années'', Gallimard, "coll. poésie/gallimard", 2003 * ''Truinas'', le 21 avril 2001, Genève, La Dogana, 2004 * ''De la poésie, entretien avec Reynald André Chalard'',

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, 2005

Notes and references

Bibliography

* ''Alentour de Philippe Jaccottet'', Sud no. 80-81, Marseille, 1989. * "Philippe Jaccottet en filigrane", ''Revue des sciences humaines'', n° 255, Lille, Université Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille III, 1999. * Marie-Claire DUMAS, ''La Poésie de Philippe Jaccottet'', Paris, Campion, 1986. * Harvé FERRAGE, ''Philippe Jaccotet, le pari de l'inactuel'', Paris, PUF, 2000. * Jean-Pierre GIUSTO, ''Philippe Jaccottet ou le Désir d'inscription'', Lille, Presses universitaires de Lille, 1994. * Yasuaki KAWANABE, ''Philippe Jaccottet et la Poésie du haiku - "on"'',L'Un et l'autre,fugures du poème, ''Revue des Lettres modernes'', Paris-Caen, Minard, 2001. * Jean-Pierre RIHARD, Onze études sur la Poésie moderne, Paris, Seuil, 1964. * Jean-Pierre VIDAL, Philippe Jaccottet, Paris, Payot, 1990.

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