WRITER

Paul Verlaine

1844 - 1896

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Paul-Marie Verlaine ( vair-LEN; French: [pɔl maʁi vɛʁlɛn]; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Verlaine has received more than 1,397,960 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Paul Verlaine is the 126th most popular writer (down from 121st in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from France (up from 134th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Writer.

Paul Verlaine is most famous for his poetry.

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Notable Works

Sagesse
1893
Poems
Poetry
`Verlaine, possessed by the madnesses of love, brimming over with desires and prayers, the rebel railing against the complacent platitudes of society, of love, of language'. Jean Rousselot Verlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most outstanding poets of late nineteenth-century France whose work is associated with the early Symbolists, the Decadents, and the Parnassiens. Remarkable not only for his delicacy and exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is also the poet of strong emotions and appetites, with an unrivalled gift for the sheer music of poetry, and an inventive approach to its technique. This bilingual edition provides the most comprehensive selection of his poetry yet, offering some 170 poems in lively and fresh translations and providing a lucid introduction which illuminates Verlaine's poetic form within the context of French Impressionism and the poetry of sensation. Parallel text ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
1902
Oeuvres poétiques complètes
1938
Poèmes saturniens
1942
Fêtes galantes
1928
Choix de poésies
1891

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Verlaine ranks 126 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Ivo Andrić, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Vladimir Nabokov. After him are François Villon, Alexandre Dumas fils, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Guillaume Apollinaire, Plautus, and Cato the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Paul Verlaine ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, and Anatole France. After him are Mehmed V, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Bernadette Soubirous, Henri Rousseau, Ilya Repin, Umberto I of Italy, and Mary Cassatt. Among people deceased in 1896, Paul Verlaine ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Clara Schumann, and Anton Bruckner. After him are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, August Kekulé, William Morris, Ivar Aasen, Hippolyte Fizeau, Otto Lilienthal, José Rizal, and John Everett Millais.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Verlaine ranks 132 out of 6,770. Before him are Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Louis XII of France (1462), Henri Poincaré (1854), Saint Sebastian (300), Joseph Fourier (1768), and Catherine Deneuve (1943). After him are Albert Schweitzer (1875), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Jacques Lacan (1901), Charles V of France (1338), François Villon (1431), and Alexandre Dumas fils (1824).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Paul Verlaine ranks 29. Before him are André Gide (1869), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), and Guy de Maupassant (1850). After him are François Villon (1431), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Petronius (27), Jean Racine (1639), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1619).

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