Comte de Lautréamont
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Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet, born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and litera
Possibly a photo representing Lautréamont
An imagined portrait of Lautréamont by Félix Vallotton in The Book of masks from Remy de Gourmont (1898).
Lautréamont, by the French painter Arnaud Courlet de Vregille (2012, acrylic, 90 x 120)
Poète maudit
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A poète maudit is a poet living a life outside or against society. Insanity, crime, violence, abuse of alcohol or other drugs, and in general any societal sin, often resulting in an early death, are t
Comte de Lautréamont
…back, enthusiastic as I had been. Due to this find, Lautréamont was introduced to the Surrealists. Soon they called him their prophet. As one of the poètes maudits (accursed poets), he was elevated to the Surrealist pantheon beside Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, and acknowledged as a direct precursor to…
Poètes maudits Paul Verlaine (far left) and Arthur Rimbaud (second to left) depicted in The Corner of the Table by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire by Nadar (1855)
Paul Verlaine by Frédéric Bazille (1867)