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Philippe Jaccottet

フィリップ・ジャコテ

Firippu Jakote

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-06-30 (Moudon)
Died
2021-02-24 (Grignan) age 95
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
French
Residence History
Lausanne → Paris → Grignan (Provence)

Career

Occupations
poet, translator
Active Years
1953-2021
Influenced By
Goethe, Hölderlin, Thomas Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Homer, Ungaretti

Education

University of Lausanne
Literature
Country: Switzerland
Studied literature

Awards

Prix des écrivains vaudois
1958
Result: 受賞
Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung
1966
Result: 受賞
Prix Gottfried Keller
1981
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris
1985
Organization: City of Paris
Result: 受賞
Petrarca-Preis
1988
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix national de Poésie
1995
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt de la poésie
2003
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
2018
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'Effraie

1953 Poetry

Early poetry collection

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À la lumière d'hiver

1974 Poetry

Poetry collection on winter light

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Cahier de verdure

1990 Poetry

Notebook of greenery, including Cherry Tree

naturegreenery

Bibliography

  • L'Effraie, 1953
  • L'Entretien des muses, 1968
  • Paysages avec figures absentes, 1970
  • Chant d'En-bas, 1974
  • À la lumière d'hiver, 1974
  • La Semaison, Carnets 1954-1967, 1984

Style & Themes

Literary Style
restrained voicelandscape descriptionsimplicity
Recurring Motifs
naturelightabsencelandscape

Legacy

Highly regarded Swiss Francophone poet, the fourth Swiss author published in Bibliothèque de la Pléiade during his lifetime. Renowned translator of numerous poets into French.

Trivia

  • One of the rare poets published in the Pléiade collection during his lifetime.
  • Entered the Pléiade in 2014 while alive.