Arthur Rimbaud

Seth Whidden (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

Born 20 Oct 1854
Died 10 Nov 1891
Activity 1874-1891

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Born in France
Active in France

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Poet

Resources

Rimbaud's Works

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Arthur Rimbaud was born in Charleville (today Charleville-Mézières) on 20 October 1854. The precocious young poet began as a voracious reader and brilliant student: he began at the Collège de Charleville in the spring of 1865 and flew through three years of school in a year and a half. On his way, he won just about every academic prize the school had to offer, and several of his first poems – some in Latin, some in French – were the result of competitions that the school organized. It was at the end of the year in

seconde

when then fourteen-year-old Rimbaud made a name for himself by winning eight first prizes (he had won four the year before): Latin verse,

version latine

(translation from Latin into French), Latin narration,

version grecque

(translation from Greek into French),…

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Citation: Whidden, Seth. "Arthur Rimbaud". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 July 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3794, accessed 22 November 2024.]