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Arthur Rimbaud | |
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![Rimbaud at 17 by Étienne Carjat[1]](view_image.php?q=Arthur_Rimbaud&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Rimbaud.PNG) Rimbaud at 17 by Étienne Carjat[1] | |
| Born | Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud 20 October 1854 Charleville, Champagne, France |
| Died | 10 November 1891 (aged 37) Marseille, Provence, France |
| Resting place | Charleville-Mezieres Cimetière, Charleville-Mezieres, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | 1870–1875 (major creative period) |
| Literary movement | Symbolism |
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| Partner | Paul Verlaine (1871–1873) |
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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (UK: /ˈræ̃boʊ/, US: /ræmˈboʊ/;[3][4] French: [ʒɑ̃ nikɔla aʁtyʁ ʁɛ̃bo] ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism.
Born in Charleville, he started writing at a very young age and excelled as a student, but abandoned his formal education in his teenage years to run away to Paris amidst the Franco-Prussian War.[5] During his late adolescence and early adulthood, he produced the bulk of his literary output. Rimbaud completely stopped writing literature at age 20 after assembling his last major work, Illuminations.
Rimbaud was a libertine and a restless soul, having engaged in a hectic, sometimes violent romantic relationship with fellow poet Paul Verlaine, which lasted nearly two years. After his retirement as a writer, he traveled extensively on three continents as a merchant and explorer until his death from cancer just after his thirty-seventh birthday.[6] As a poet, Rimbaud is well known for his contributions to symbolism and, among other works, for A Season in Hell, a precursor to modernist literature.[7]
- ^ Robb 2000, p. 140.
- ^ Kaddour, Hédi. " Illuminations, livre de Arthur Rimbaud " in Encyclopaedia Universalis [1]
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). "Rimbaud". Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
- ^ Lefrère 2001, pp. 27–28; Starkie 1973, p. 30.
- ^ Robb 2000, pp. 422–426.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Daniel (29 August 2011). "Rebel Rebel". The New Yorker. New York City: Condé Nast. Retrieved 19 June 2016.