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Arthur Rimbaud

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Year of Birth:1854
Year of death:1891

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, , ; 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. During his late adolescence and early adulthood, he produced the... more

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