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.

Théophile Gautier

male, deceased (1872)
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, G...
Robert Desnos

Robert Desnos

male, deceased (1945)
Robert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945), was a French surrealist poet who played key role in the surrealistic movement at the time.
Aloysius Bertrand

Aloysius Bertrand

male, deceased (1841)
Aloysius Bertrand was the writing pseudonym of Louis-Jacques-Napoléon Bertrand (born April 20, 1807 in Ceva (Piedmont, Italy); died April 29, 1841 i...
Jules Supervielle

Jules Supervielle

male, deceased (1960)
Jules Supervielle (January 16 1884 - May 17 1960) was a French poet and writer. Jules Supervielle always kept away from Surrealism which was...
Albert Samain

Albert Samain

male, deceased (1900)
Albert Victor Samain (April 3, 1858 - August 18, 1900) was a French poet and writer of the Symbolist school. Born in Lille, Samain's father died...
Richard Howard

Richard Howard

male, 80 years old
Richard Howard (b. 13 October 1929) is a distinguished American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland,...
Constantin Guys

Constantin Guys

male, deceased (1892)
Constantin Guys (Vlissingen Dec 3 1802 - Paris 1892) was a war correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French...
Du Fu

Du Fu

male, deceased (770)
Du Fu (712 - 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese...
Henri Duparc

Henri Duparc

male, deceased (1933)
Henri Duparc was a French composer of the late Romantic period. He was born in Paris. He studied piano with César Franck at the Jesuit College of V...