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Paul Verlaine
French poet (–)
Paul-Marie Verlaine (vair-LEN;[1]French:[pɔlmaʁivɛʁlɛn]; 30 March – 8 January ) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement.
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He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.
Biography
Early life
Born in Metz, Verlaine was educated at the Lycée Impérial Bonaparte (now the Lycée Condorcet) in Paris and then took up a post in the civil service.
He began writing poetry at an early age, and was initially influenced by the Parnassien movement and its leader, Leconte de Lisle. Verlaine's first published poem was published in in La Revue du progrès, a publication founded by poet Louis-Xavier de Ricard.
Verlaine was a frequenter of the salon of the Marquise de Ricard[2] (Louis-Xavier de Ricard's mother) at 10 Boulevard des Batignolles and other social venues, where he rubbed shoulders with prominent artistic figu