Charles Cros
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Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros was a French poet and inventor. He was born in Fabrezan, Aude.
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Arthur Rimbaud
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Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism.
Charles Cros
…monologues, such as Le Bilboquet and L’Homme qui a voyagé, earning him the nickname "the Molière of the cobblestones". In September 1871, Cros met Arthur Rimbaud at Verlaine's home. The encounter, described by Mathilde Verlaine, was notable for the surprise at Rimbaud's dishevelled appearance. Cros, enthusiastic…
Rimbaud on the day of his First Communion
Plaque erected on the centenary of Rimbaud's death at the place where he was shot and wounded by Verlaine in Brussels
By the table, an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. Verlaine is on the far left and Rimbaud is at the second to the left.
Rimbaud convalescing from his gunshot wound in Brussels (painting by "Jef Rosman").