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Charles Baduelaire
Charles Baudelaire is a French poet who was born on April 9,1821 his father who was thirty years older than his mother died when Charles was six. Charles was very close with his mother. -
Moving
Charles Baudelaire's family moved to Lyons where Charles attended a military boarding school. A little bit before graduation from the military school he was kicked out because he did not give up a note that was passed to him. He instead he ripped it up into pieces. -
India
in 1841 Charles' family sent him to India in hopes that India to help make changes to his bohemian ways. Charles returned in 1842 back to Paris. He received a large inheritance which allowed him to spend most of his days in art galleries and Cafes in Paris. -
Love
Charles fell in love with Jeanne Duval. Jeanne helped inspire one of Charles Baudelaire's the "Black Venus" section in Les Fleurs du mal -
Court
Charles had spent half of his inheritance, so his family decided to do something.In 1844 Charles' family won a court order that appointed a lawyer that would pay Charles a small allowance for the rest of his life. -
income
To add to his income he wrote art criticism, essays, and reviews for various journals. His early criticism of French painters such as Eugene Delacroix and Gustave Courbet earned him a reputation as a discriminating critic. -
publishing
In 1847 Charles Baudelaire published a piece called novella La Fanfarlo. His first publications began to be seen in journals in the mid-1840s. -
translate
In 1854 Charles Baudelaire published a translated version of Edgar Allan Poes pieces. Which he called it " Twin Soul." -
becoming ILL
In 1862 Charles Baudelaire began to have nightmares and suffered from very bad health. He left paris shortly after and headed for Brussels in 1863. He gave a series of lecture, but then had a series of strokes. It resulted in partial paralysis. -
Death (RIP)
On August 31, 1867 at the age of 46 Charles died in Paris. Though doctors at the time did not include that it is likely that syphilis caused his death. -
importance
His reputation as a poet was a Predecessor. Meaning that he held the job before newer poets. He was a predecessor to many including Stephane Mallarmé, and Paul Verlaine. He created many great poems that people today still admire today. -
3 interesting facts
- recorded as one of the most modern poets
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