Frédéric Boyer

Frédéric Boyer

Frédéric Boyer (born 2 March 1961, Cannes) is a French writer. A former student of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud, he coordinated the Bible Nouvelle Traduction (Bayard, 2001). He proposed new translations of the Confessions by Augustine of Hippo for which he was awarded the Prix Jules Janin of the Académie française (Les aveux, P.O.L., 2008) as well as Richard II, P.O.L 2010 and Shakespeare's sonnets, P.O.L., 2010).