Arthur Rimbaud
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"What I liked were: absurd paintings, pictures over doorways, stage sets, carnival backdrops, billboards, bright-colored prints, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books full of misspellings, the kind of novels our grandmothers read, fairy tales, little children's books, old operas, silly old songs, the naïve rhythms of country rimes." --"[[The Alchemy Of The Word]]" (1873), Arthur Rimbaud, tr. Paul Schmidt | "What I liked were: absurd paintings, pictures over doorways, stage sets, carnival backdrops, billboards, bright-colored prints, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books full of misspellings, the kind of novels our grandmothers read, fairy tales, little children's books, old operas, silly old songs, the naïve rhythms of country rimes." --"[[The Alchemy Of The Word]]" (1873), Arthur Rimbaud, tr. Paul Schmidt | ||
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'''Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud''' (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a [[French poet]], born in [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville]]. His influence on modern literature, music and art has been pervasive. | '''Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud''' (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a [[French poet]], born in [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville]]. His influence on modern literature, music and art has been pervasive. |
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"To arrive at the unknown through the disordering of all the senses, that's the point [...]" --Arthur Rimbaud "What I liked were: absurd paintings, pictures over doorways, stage sets, carnival backdrops, billboards, bright-colored prints, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books full of misspellings, the kind of novels our grandmothers read, fairy tales, little children's books, old operas, silly old songs, the naïve rhythms of country rimes." --"The Alchemy Of The Word" (1873), Arthur Rimbaud, tr. Paul Schmidt "I is another"|}
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. His influence on modern literature, music and art has been pervasive. He produced his best known works while still in his late teens and gave up creative writing altogether before he reached 21. He remained a prolific letter-writer all his life. Rimbaud was a restless soul, travelling extensively in three continents before his premature death from cancer less than a month after his 37th birthday. Rimbaud is also known for his tempestuous love affair with Paul Verlaine, for allegedly having a part in the African slave trade, his dictum "I is another" and his wish for a synesthetic disordering of the senses. He was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1995 film Total Eclipse.
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Cultural legacyRimbaud's poetry, as well as his life, made an indelible impression on 20th century writers, musicians and artists. Pablo Picasso, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Vladimir Nabokov, Bob Dylan, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Patti Smith, Giannina Braschi, Léo Ferré, Henry Miller, Van Morrison, Penny Rimbaud, and Jim Morrison have been influenced by his poetry and life. His life has been portrayed in several films. Italian filmmaker Nelo Risi's 1970 film Una stagione all'inferno ("A Season in Hell") starred Terence Stamp as Rimbaud and Jean Claude Brialy as Paul Verlaine. In 1995 Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland directed Total Eclipse, which was based on a play by Christopher Hampton who also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Rimbaud and David Thewlis as Paul Verlaine. He is also the protagonist of the opera Rimbaud, ou le fils du soleil (1978) by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero. In 2012 composer John Zorn released a cd titled Rimbaud featuring 4 compositions inspired by Rimbaud's work—Bateau Ivre (a chamber octet), A Season in Hell (electronic music), Illuminations (piano, bass and drums), Conneries (featuring Mathieu Amalric reading from Rimbaud's work). QuotesSourced
Le Bateau Ivre (The Drunken Boat) (1871)
Une Saison en Enfer (A Season in Hell) (1873)
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