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What happened when Paul Verlaine shot Arthur Rimbaud in Brussels?

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Arthur Rimbaud Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris

On July 10, 1873, during a period of intense personal conflict in Brussels, Paul Verlaine shot Arthur Rimbaud, wounding him in the wrist. Following the incident, Rimbaud was hospitalized for his injury. Verlaine was subsequently arrested and sentenced to two years of imprisonment for the shooting. After his recovery, Rimbaud returned to his family farm at Roche, where he completed his work A Season in Hell.12