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Also Known As Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud
Born October 20, 1854 • France
Died November 10, 1891 (aged 37) • Marseille • France
Notable Works “A Season in Hell” • “Derniers Vers” • “Illuminations” • “La Chasse spirituelle” • “The Drunken Boat” • “Voyelles”
Movement / Style Symbolism

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Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
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Max Elskamp
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Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
Paul Verlaine
French poet
Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891.
Stéphane Mallarmé
French poet
French write and Nobel laureate André Gide
André Gide
French writer
Claudel
Paul Claudel
French author
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
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Belgian poet
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Charles Cros
French inventor and poet
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
French poet
Jean Moréas.
Jean Moréas
French poet
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Francis Viélé-Griffin
French poet
Henri de Régnier
Henri de Régnier
French poet
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Léon-Paul Fargue
French poet and essayist
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Georges Rodenbach
Belgian poet
Gustave Kahn, oil painting by Roger Casse, 1931; in a private collection
Gustave Kahn
French poet
Fort, Paul
Paul Fort
French poet
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Pamphile Lemay
Canadian author
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Elena Văcărescu
Romanian author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
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