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Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (French: Charles Pierre Baudelaire, April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867), French poet, pioneer of Symbolist poetry, founder of modernism, and originator of prose poetry. His representative works include the poetry collection "Flowers of Evil" and the prose collection "Le Spleen de Paris" (Le Spleen de Paris).

Category
Writers
Nationality
France
Born
1821-04-09
Died
1867-08-31
Wikidata
Q501
Occupations poetart criticessayisttranslatorwriterliterary critictranslatorcriticsketch artist
Aliases BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Pierre BaudelaireCharles Pierre Baudelaire-DufaÿsCharles-Pierre BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Pierre BaudelaireCharles-Pierre BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireBaudelaireBaudelaire, C.

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