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When did Charles Baudelaire discover the writings of Edgar Allan Poe?
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Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire, photograph by Étienne Carjat, 1863.
Charles Baudelaire discovered the writings of Edgar Allan Poe in 1847.1
Struck by the profound similarities between Poe’s temperament and his own, Baudelaire dedicated much of his career to translating Poe’s work, which provided him with a steady income and bolstered his own aesthetic theories.1