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Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821–August 31, 1867), poet.
Born in Paris, Baudelaire became one of the famous decadent poets, and has been a guide for many depressed people. Baudelaire confronts his depression by taking drugs, such as opium, hashish and alcohol. He is also known for translating Edgar Allan Poe into French. When his Les fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) appeared in 1857, the author, publisher, and printer were prosecuted and found guilty of obscenity and blasphemy. "You - hypocrite Reader - my double - my brother!". In the prefatory poem of "Les fleurs du mal" Baudelaire accuses his readers of being as guilty of sins and lies as the poet:
... If rape or arson, poison, or the knife
Has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff
Of this drab canvas we accept as life--
It is because we are not bold enough!
(Roy Campbell translation)
Six poems were deleted from the work. Before 1949, when his work was reevaluated, he was generally considered a drug-addict and a very vulgar author because of his poems, too futurist for the 19th century.
Many of his poems were influenced by his interest in les correspondances - synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is the mixing of the senses, that is, the ability to smell colors or see sounds. He wrote several poems about the subject itself, such as "Correspondances," and used imagery and symbolism based on the experiences of synaesthesiacs. In general, Baudelaire was a sensualist, in love with sensations, and he tried to experience them and express them in muddled abundance. He has been claimed by Andre Breton as a surrealist.
Many of his works were published after his death.
He is buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris.
His writings
- Salon de 1845, 1845
- Salon de 1846, 1846
- La Fanfario, 1847
- Les fleurs du mal, 1857
- Les paradis artificiels, 1860
- Réflexions sur Quelques-uns de mes Contemporains, 1861
- Le Peinture de la Vie Moderne, 1963
- Curiosités Esthétiques, 1868
- L'art romantique, 1868
- Le Spleen de Paris/Petits Poémes en Prose, 1869
- Oeuvres Posthumes et Correspondance Générale, 1887-1907
- Fusées, 1897
- Mon Coeur Mis à Nu, 1897
- Oeuvres Complètes, 1922-53 (19 vols.)
- Mirror of Art, 1955
- The Essence of Laughter, 1956
- Curiosités Esthétiques, 1962
- The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays, 1964
- Baudelaire as a Literary Critic, 1964
- Arts in Paris 1845-1862, 1965
- Selected Writings on Art and Artist, 1972
- Selected Letters of Charles Baudelaire, 1986
- Critique d'art; Critique musicale, 1992
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