Paul Verlaine
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Paul Marie Verlaine was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements. He is considered one of the paramount exponents of the fin de siècle in Fr
Verlaine's birthplace in Metz, today a museum dedicated to his life and œuvre
Plaque in Brussels marking the building where Verlaine shot Rimbaud
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.
Verlaine in 1893; photograph by Otto Wegener
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.
Paul Verlaine
…1866), were released at the age of twenty-two; they were published by Alphonse Lemerre. Verlaine's tempestuous sexual relationship with young poet Arthur Rimbaud (ten years his junior and under eighteen years, and while he himself had a wife and infant son), a fellow member of the Zutistes, aroused great…
Rimbaud on the day of his First Communion
Rimbaud convalescing from his gunshot wound in Brussels (painting by "Jef Rosman").