Charles Baudelaire Biography

Charles Baudelaire biography

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NAME: Charles Baudelaire
OCCUPATION: Critic, Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: April 09, 1821
DEATH DATE: August 31, 1867
EDUCATION: Lycée Louis-le-Grand

PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Charles Baudelaire was a French poet. While a student, he became addicted to opium and contracted syphilis. His incredible collection of poetry, Les fleurs du mal (1857; The Flowers of Evil), deals with erotic, aesthetic, and social themes. He published just one novel, La fanfarlo, in 1847. Baudelaire is perhaps best known, however, for his masterly translation of Edgar Allan Poe. He died in debt.