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Philippe Jaccotte (born 1925) is one of the greatest contemporary Swiss French-language poets. His poetry includes the following collections: "Requiem (1947), The Owl and Other Poems (1953), The Ignoramus (1957), The Sowing Season (1963), Lessons (1969), Poetry 1946-1967 (1971), etc. The poetry of Philippe Jaccotte is characterised by natural sincerity "devoid of any oratorical tricks". The reader who picks up Jaccotte's works for the first time immediately feels a deep trust in the poet who creates his poetry on the verge of night and day.