Émile Nelligan
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Émile Nelligan was a French Canadian Symbolist poet influenced by Romanticism. Although he almost entirely ceased writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of nineteen, Nelligan remains
Nelligan in 1899
Manuscript of Le Vaisseau d'Or (The Ship of Gold)
Nelligan institutionalized at the Retraite Saint-Benoît-Labre, ca. 1919-1920
Nelligan bust in Saint-Louis Square, Montreal
Edmund Wilson
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Edmund Wilson Jr. was an American writer, literary critic, and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Wilson began his career as a journal
Émile Nelligan
…ceased writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of nineteen, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in Quebecois culture and was considered by Edmund Wilson to be the greatest Canadian poet in any language. Nelligan was born in Montreal on December 24, 1879 at 602, rue de La Gauchetière (Annuaire Lovell's…
Wilson in 1936