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Charles Baudelaire

Born

in Paris, France

April 09, 1821

Died

August 31, 1867

Genre

Poetry, Fiction

Influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Ovid, Thomas de Quincey, Emanuel Swedenborg, Joseph d ...more

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Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du Mal; (1857; The Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century. Similarly, his Petits poèmes en prose (1868; "Little Prose Poems") was the most successful and innovative early experiment in prose poetry of the time.

Known for his highly controversial, and often dark poetry, as well as his translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire's life was filled with drama and strife, from financial disaster to being prosecuted for obscenity and blasphemy. Long after his death many look upon his name as representing d ...more

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	Les Fleurs du Mal 4.21 avg rating — 65,479 ratings — published 1857 — 1854 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varèse (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 12,432 ratings — published 1869 — 393 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Paradis artificiels 3.78 avg rating — 1,870 ratings — published 1860 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowers of Evil: A Selection by Charles Baudelaire, Jackson Mathews (Editor), Marthiel Mathews (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 1,647 ratings — published 1955 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 4.29 avg rating — 1,552 ratings — published 1942 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays by Charles Baudelaire, Thom Mayne (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 1,678 ratings — published 1863 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Poems: Charles Baudelaire by Charles Baudelaire, Walter Ralston Martin (Afterword) 4.34 avg rating — 1,199 ratings — published 1857 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Wine and Hashish by Charles Baudelaire, Andrew Brown (Translator), Margaret Drabble (Foreword by) 3.89 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 1851 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire, William H. Crosby (Translator), Anna Balakian (Introduction) 4.28 avg rating — 773 ratings — published 1857 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) by Charles Baudelaire, Wallace Fowlie (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 718 ratings — published 1857 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
― Charles Baudelaire

tags: poetry, prose, writing

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“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
― Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen

tags: drunk, poetry, virtue, wine

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“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
― Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays

tags: genius

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