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Also known as Stephane Mallarme, Steph. Mallarme, Etienne Mallarmé, Etienne Mallarme, Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

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Stéphane Mallarmé was a French poet from the late 1800s who became a leading figure in the Symbolist movement, a literary style that used suggestive imagery and abstract ideas rather than direct statements. He matters because his innovative approach to poetry—emphasizing mystery, musicality, and the spaces between words—profoundly influenced modern literature and artistic thinking.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1842
Died
1898
Works
393

Top works

  • Opere; poemi in prosa e opera critica
  • Poésies
  • Ein Würfelwurf
  • Album de vers & de prose ...
  • Les poésies de S. Mallarmé

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1842-03-18
Active to
1898-09-09

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Listeners
228
Total plays
702

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Stéphane Mallarmé (pronounced [ste.fan ma.laʁ.me]) (18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/St%C3%A9phane+Mallarm%C3%A9">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Degas was discussing poetry with Mallarmé; "It isn't ideas I'm short of... I've got too many" [Ce ne sont pas les idées qui me manquent... J'en ai trop], said Degas. "But Degas," replied Mallarmé, "you can't make a poem with ideas. … You make it with words." [Mais, Degas, ce n'est point avec des idées que l'on fait des vers. . . . C'est avec des mots.]
  • J'invente une langue qui doit nécessairement jaillir d'une poétique très nouvelle, que je pourrais définir en ces deux mots: Peindre, non la chose, mais l'effet qu'elle produit.
  • It is in front of the paper that the artist creates himself.
  • Yes, I know, we are merely empty forms of matter, but we are indeed sublime in having invented God and our soul. So sublime, my friend, that I want to gaze upon matter, fully conscious that it exists, and yet launching itself madly into Dream, despite its knowl edge that Dream has no existence, extolling the Soul and all the divine impressions of that kind which have collected within us from the beginning of time and proclaiming, in the face of the Void which is truth, these glorious lies!
  • Hyperbole! can you not rise In triumph from my memory, A modern magic spell devise As from an ironbound grammary: For I inaugurate through science The hymn of all hearts spiritual In the labor of my patience, Atlas, herbal, ritual.
  • O Spirit of litigation, know, When we keep silent in this season, The stem of multiple lilies grew Too large to be contained by reason

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Stéphane Mallarmé
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Stéphane Mallarmé
date of birth
1842-03-18
date of death
1898-09-09
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birth name
Étienne Mallarmé
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Stéphane Mallarmé, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

Étienne Mallarmé ( UK: /ˈmælɑːrmeɪ/ MAL-ar-may, US: /ˌmælɑːrˈmeɪ/ mal-ar-MAY; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé (French: [stefan malaʁme] ), was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.

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