Paul Verlaine

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Paul Verlaine was a 19th-century French poet renowned for his musical, melancholic verse and his influential role in the Symbolist movement.

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instanceOf French poet
Symbolist poet
human
poet
birthName Paul-Marie Verlaine
burialPlace Cimetière des Batignolles
causeOfDeath pneumonia
citizenship France
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1844-03-30
dateOfDeath 1896-01-08
describedIn Les Poètes maudits (as concept originator)
ethnicGroup French
familyName Verlaine
genre poetry
givenName Paul
hasMannerOfArtisticStyle musical, suggestive imagery
hasTheme intimacy
love
melancholy
regret
religion
imprisonedFor shooting Arthur Rimbaud
influenced Arthur Rimbaud
Guillaume Apollinaire
Paul Valéry
Stéphane Mallarmé
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire
Théophile Gautier
Victor Hugo
knownFor melancholic tone
musicality of verse
role in Symbolist movement
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Parnassian movement
movement Decadent movement
Symbolism
name Paul Verlaine
notableWork Amour
Cellulairement
Fêtes galantes
Invectives
Jadis et naguère
La Bonne Chanson
Les Poètes maudits
Parallèlement
Poèmes saturniens
Romances sans paroles
Sagesse
occupation poet
writer
partner Arthur Rimbaud
period 19th century
placeOfBirth Metz
placeOfDeath Paris
placeOfImprisonment Mons Prison
positionHeld civil servant
teacher
relative Élisa Dehée
religion Roman Catholicism
sexualOrientation bisexual
spouse Mathilde Mauté


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