Yves Bonnefoy

thumb| Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian. Quotes Mais je ne puis rien te répondre: car les motsOnt ceci de cruel qu'ils se refusentÀ ceux qui les respectent et les aimentPour ce qu'ils pourraient être, non ce qu'ils sont. But there is no answer I can give, for wordsCan be cruel: they will resistThose who respect and love themFor what they could be and not for what they are. Ce qui fut sans lumière (1987), L'Orée du bois, st. 1. Translated by John Naughton, In the Shadow’s Light (U of Chicago P, 1991), "The Edge of the Woods", p. 47 External links Category:Poets from France Category:Art historians Category:Historians from France Category:University of Paris alumni Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty Category:Yale University faculty Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Translators from France Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Category:1923 births Category:2016 deaths