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,...
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...

Stéphane Mallarmé

male, deceased (1898)
Stéphane Mallarmé, and through it Mallarmé exerted considerable influence on the work of a generation of writers (see below). His earlier work owe...
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.
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
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 Moréas

male, deceased (1910)
Jean Moréas (born Iannis A. Papadiamontopoulos, Ιωάννης Α. Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος; April 15, 1856 - April 30, 1910), was a Greek poet, essayist, and a...
Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio

male, deceased (1938)
Gabriele d'Annunzio, born Gaetano Rapagnetta (12 March 1863 - 1 March 1938) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, dramatist, womanizer and...
George Bacovia

George Bacovia

male, deceased (1957)
George Bacovia was a Romanian Symbolist poet. Born in Bacău as the son of a merchant, Dimitrie Vasiliu, and Zoia Langa, he married Agatha G...