PHILOSOPHER

Yves Bonnefoy

1923 - 2016

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Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yves Bonnefoy has received more than 114,505 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Bonnefoy is the 633rd most popular philosopher (down from 603rd in 2019), the 1,978th most popular biography from France (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 633 out of 1,267. Before him are Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Philipp Mainländer, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Ernst Nolte, David Hartley, and Gongsun Long. After him are Frithjof Schuon, Nausiphanes, Jean Améry, Nicola Abbagnano, Eugen Fink, and Ari Thorgilsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 97. Before him are Uziel Gal, Bettie Page, Otfried Preußler, Masao Ono, Sergey Akhromeyev, and Ernst Nolte. After him are Dexter Gordon, Lloyd Shapley, Albert King, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek. Among people deceased in 2016, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 107. Before him are Jorge Batlle, Michael Massee, Henry Heimlich, Garry Marshall, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and Ernst Nolte. After him are Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Lloyd Shapley, Michu Meszaros, Glenn Frey, Oleg Popov, and Michel Rocard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 1,978 out of 6,770. Before him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750), Adrien Manglard (1695), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Franck Pourcel (1913), Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972), and Jean Djorkaeff (1939). After him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816), Hervé Renard (1968), Philippe Honoré (1941), Claude Sautet (1924), Lothair II of Italy (1000), and Jacques-François Blondel (1705).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Yves Bonnefoy ranks 82. Before him are Gersonides (1288), Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Jean Hyppolite (1907), and Berengar of Tours (998). After him are Pierre Charron (1541), Louis Lavelle (1883), Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Wahl (1888), Pierre Hadot (1922), and Jean-Marie Guyau (1854).

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