Yves Bonnefoy

French poet and essayist, translator.

Born June 24th, 1923 in Tours. [ref]

Died July 1st, 2016 at 93 years old in Paris. [ref]

Occupations
art critic, art historian, essayist, philosopher, poet, translator, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs