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Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

Born 9 April 1821 · Died 31 August 1867

From Paris, Île-de-France, France · Nationality: France · Writes nonfiction

Wikipedia

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a nineteenth-century French poet, critic, and translator. A controversial figure in his lifetime, Baudelaire's name has become a byword for literary and artistic decadence. At the same time his works, in particular his book of poetry Les fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), have been acknowledged as classics of French literature.

Quotes

  • “Le génie n’est que l’enfance retrouvée à volonté.”
    Genius is nothing but youth recaptured at will.
  • “La modernité, c’est le transitoire, le fugitif, le contingent, la moitié de l’art, dont l’autre moitié est l’éternel et l’immuable.”
    Le peintre de la vie moderne
  • “L’étude du beau est un duel où l’artiste crie de frayeur avant d’être vaincu.”
    Le Spleen de Paris
  • “Tu m’as donné ta boue et j’en ai fait de l’or.”
    You gave me your mud and I have turned it to gold.
  • “La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers / Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; / L’homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles / Qui l’observent avec des regards familiers.”
    Les fleurs du mal Flowers of Evil

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Charles Baudelaire in order

Books by Charles Baudelaire in the order they were published, from Flowers of Evil (1855) to My Heart Laid Bare (2020).

  1. 1Flowers of EvilFlowers of Evil1855
  2. 2On Wine and HashishOn Wine and Hashish2002
  3. 3Flores Do Mal, AsFlores Do Mal, As2008
  4. 4Las flores del malLas flores del mal2008
  5. 5Le Peintre de la vie moderneLe Peintre de la vie moderne2010
  6. 6Kotuluk CicekleriKotuluk Cicekleri2015
  7. 7My Heart Laid BareMy Heart Laid Bare2020
  8. 8Art in Paris 1854-1862Art in Paris 1854-1862
  9. 9BaudelaireBaudelaire
  10. 10Baudelaire on PoeBaudelaire on Poe
  11. 11Baudelaire, Rimbaud, VerlaineBaudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine
  12. 12Complete PoemsComplete Poems
  13. 13Curiosités esthétiquesCuriosités esthétiques
  14. 14Intimate JournalsIntimate Journals
  15. 15La FanfarloLa Fanfarlo
  16. 16Le spleen de ParisLe spleen de Paris
  17. 17Paradis ArtificielsParadis Artificiels
  18. 18Paris SpleenParis Spleen
  19. 19Paris Spleen, 1869Paris Spleen, 1869
  20. 20Selected Critical Studies of BaudelaireSelected Critical Studies of Baudelaire
  21. 21The Mirror of Art, Critical StudiesThe Mirror of Art, Critical Studies
  22. 22The Painter of Modern LifeThe Painter of Modern Life
  23. 23The Parisian ProwlerThe Parisian Prowler
  24. 24The Mirror of ArtThe Mirror of Art

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