Arthur Rimbaudauthor profile |
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| born | October 20, 1854 |
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| died | December 13, 1901 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Charleville, France |
| genre | Poetry |
| influences | Stéphane Mallarme, Paul Paul Verlaine, Maurice Maeterlinck |
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about this author
French poet and adventurer, who stopped writing verse at the age of 21, and became after his early death an inextricable myth in French gay life. Rimbaud's poetry, partially written in free verse, is characterized by dramatic and imaginative vision. "I say that one must be a visionary - that one must make oneself a VISIONARY." His works are among the most original in the Symbolist movement. Rimbaud's best-known work, LE BÂTEAU IVRE (The Drunken Boat), appeared in 1871. In the poem, he sent a toy boat on a journey, an allegory for a spiritual quest. It is found again. What? Eternity. It is the sea Gone with the sun. (from 'L'Éternite', 1872) Arthur Rimbaud was born in Charleville, France, as the son of Fréderi...more |
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books by Arthur Rimbaudcombine editionsavg rating: 4.40 | 1010 ratings | 88 distinct works see all books by Arthur Rimbaud » |
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quotes by Arthur Rimbaud
"I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still."
— Arthur Rimbaud (Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works (Perennial Classics))
— Arthur Rimbaud (Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works (Perennial Classics))
"“But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.”"
— Arthur Rimbaud
— Arthur Rimbaud
""I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent”
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— Arthur Rimbaud (A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat)
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— Arthur Rimbaud (A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat)
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