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Charles Baudelaire

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Also known as Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufaÿs, Charles Pierre Baudelaire

French poet and critic (1821–1867)

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Charles Baudelaire was a French male author and poet born on 9 April 1821 and died on 31 August 1867. He used the pseudonym Pierre de Fayis. His notable works include Les Fleurs du mal, Eureka, Mukhtār al-shiʻr al-Faransī, Chuť smútku, and Histoires. He was active in his work period from 1844 until 1866.

He is associated with the tags poetry, melancholy, and french. Similar artists include Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, Gérard De Nerval, and Jules Laforgue. His work has been referenced by 2,046 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
9 April 1821
Died
31 August 1867
Works
1255

Top works

  • Mirari ; Ustulare ; Movere ; Retinere ; Revelare ; Sublimare ; Unire ; Paradis
  • 恶之花选
  • Mukhtār al-shiʻr al-Faransī
  • Eureka
  • Les Fleurs du mal

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1821-04-09
Active to
1867-08-31

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,674
Total plays
19,915

Tags

poetrymelancholyBaudelairefrench<3

Similar artists

Arthur RimbaudPaul VerlaineStéphane MallarméGérard De NervalJules Laforgue

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (French IPA: [bod'lɛʀ]) (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets of the nineteenth century. He was also an important critic and translator. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Charles+Baudelaire">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Tout ce qui plaît a une raison de plaire, et mépriser les attroupements de ceux qui s'égarent n'est pas le moyen de les ramener où ils devraient être.
  • Toutes les beautés contiennent, comme tous les phénomènes possibles, quelque chose d'éternel et quelque chose de transitoire — d'absolu et de particulier.
  • Nous avons psychologisé comme les fous, qui augmentent leur folie en s’efforçant de la comprendre.
  • La danse peut révéler tout ce que la musique recèle de mystérieux, et elle a de plus le mérite d'être humaine et palpable. La danse, c'est la poésie avec des bras et des jambs, ...
  • Tu m’as donné ta boue et j’en ai fait de l’or.
  • Hélas! tout est abîme, — action, désir, rêve,Parole!

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Works in European collections

33 objects attributed to Charles Baudelaire, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire ( UK: /ˈboʊdəlɛər/; US: /ˌboʊd(ə)ˈlɛər/; French: [ʃaʁl(ə) bodlɛʁ] ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, and are based on observations of real life.

His most famous work, a book of lyric poetry titled Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrialising Paris caused by Haussmann's renovation of Paris during the mid-19th century. Baudelaire's original style of prose-poetry influenced a generation of poets including Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stéphane Mallarmé. He coined the term modernity (modernité) to designate the fleeting experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of artistic expression to capture that experience. Marshall Berman has credited Baudelaire as being the first Modernist.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Charles Baudelaire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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