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Arthur Rimbaud
Rimbaud, detail from âUn Coin de table,â oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
Arthur Rimbaud was a child prodigy and a model student who demonstrated brilliance across all subjects at the Collège de Charleville. While he excelled in his studies generally, he showed a particular aptitude for literature and possessed a notable talent for composing Latin verse, for which he won a first prize in August 1870.1