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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (UK: / ˈ b oʊ d ə l ɛər /, US: / ˌ b oʊ d (ə) ˈ l ɛər /; French: [ʃaʁl(ə) bodlɛʁ] ⓘ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also worked as an essayist, art critic and translator. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhyme and rhythm, containing an exoticism inherited from ...
Charles Baudelaire is one of the most compelling poets of the 19th century. While Baudelaire’s contemporary Victor Hugo is generally—and sometimes regretfully—acknowledged as the greatest of 19th-century French poets, Baudelaire excels in his unprecedented expression of a complex sensibility and of…
May 14, 2024 · Charles Baudelaire was a 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.
Charles Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, art critic, and translator. He is considered a foundational figure in the development of modernism and continues to be celebrated for his darkly beautiful and unconventional poetry.
Charles Baudelaire. 1821 –. 1867. Read poems by this poet. The son of Joseph-Francois Baudelaire and Caroline Archimbaut Dufays, Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris on April 9, 1821. Baudelaire’s father, who was thirty years older than his mother, died when the poet was six.
Apr 2, 2014 · Charles Baudelaire was a French poet born on April 9, 1821, in Paris, France. In 1845, he published his first work. Baudelaire gained notoriety for his 1857 volume of poems, Les Fleurs du mal...
Charles Baudelaire. French Poet, Art Critic, and Translator. Born: April 9, 1820 - Paris, France. Died: August 31, 1867 - Paris, France. Movements and Styles: Impressionism. , Neoclassicism. , Romanticism. , Modernism and Modern Art.
