Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

male, deceased (1867)
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867) was an influential nineteenth century French poet. He was also a critic and translator.
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

male, deceased (1885)
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...
Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

male, deceased (1896)
Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the "fin de...
Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud

male, deceased (1891)
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 - November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. His influence on modern literature,...
Abdellatif Laabi

Abdellatif Laabi

67 years old
Abdellatif Laâbi was born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal "Anfas/Souffles", an...
Jules Laforgue

Jules Laforgue

male, deceased (1887)
Jules Laforgue (Montevideo, 16 August 1860 – Paris, 20 August 1887) was a French symbolist poet.
Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren

male, deceased (1916)
Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. He was born in a...
Jean Amrouche

Jean Amrouche

male, deceased (1962)
Jean-Elmouhoub Amrouche (1906-1962) was a French-language Algerian poet. Born in Kabylie in Algeria, Amrouche emigrated with his family to Tunisia...
Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck

male, deceased (1949)
Count Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist. He was awarded the...