Philippe Jaccottet

Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 - 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. He was born in Moudon, Switzerland. 

He translated the writings of Goethe, Hölderlin, Mann, Mandelstam, Góngora, Leopardi, Musil, Rilke, Homer and Ungaretti.

In 2014, Jaccottet became the fifteenth living author to be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade."Le poète vaudois Philippe Jaccottet entre de son vivant dans La Pléiade", www.rts.ch (page visited on 14 February 2014)."Philippe Jaccottet", www.la-pleiade.fr (page visited on 14 February 2014). 

Jaccottet died in Grignan, France, on 24 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

References

Category:1925 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:French poets
Category:Swiss poets
Category:Translators
Category:People from Vaud