Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (Charleville, October 20, 1854 - Marseille, November 10, 1891). He was one of the greatest French poets, sometimes attached to the Symbolist movement, along with Baudelaire, and others to the Decadent movement, with Verlaine.

Rimbaud wrote his work from 17 to 21 years. He left poetry forever, after he wrote "A Season in Hell" and just when Rimbaud ended  the homosexual relationship, that he had with the poet Paul Verlaine, for 3 years.

The most important Rimbaud´s books  were "Drunken Boat", "Illuminations", "Letters of the Seer" and "A Season in Hell."

It is speculated that after Rimbuad left  poetry, he trafficed arms in Africa and he married wiht a black woman.

Rimbaud finally died when he was 37 years old, for a cancer in the knee, as also died Verlaine.