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Baudelaire suffered a massive stroke in 1866 and paralysis followed. After more than a year of aphasia, he received the last rites of the Catholic Church. [31] The last year of his life was spent in a semi-paralyzed state in various "maisons de santé" in Brussels and in Paris, where he died on 31 August 1867.
May 14, 2024 · Charles Baudelaire (born April 9, 1821, Paris, France—died August 31, 1867, Paris) was a French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du mal (1857; The Flowers of Evil), which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection
Apr 2, 2014 · The courts punished Baudelaire, his publisher and the book's printer for offending public morality, and as such, suppressed six of the poems. Baudelaire died on August 31, 1867 in Paris.
The death of François Baudelaire, though, set the scene for several major dramas in Baudelaire’s life: his inheritance at 21 of a respectable fortune; the establishment of a board of guardians that was to control Baudelaire’s financial fortunes for most of his adult life; and the remarriage of his mother to Jacques Aupick, a man with whom ...
Art Influencers. Charles Baudelaire. French Poet, Art Critic, and Translator. Born: April 9, 1820 - Paris, France. Died: August 31, 1867 - Paris, France. Movements and Styles: Impressionism. , Neoclassicism. , Romanticism. , Modernism and Modern Art.
- French
- April 9, 1820
- Paris, France
- August 31, 1867
Early Life. Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. His father, a member of the senate during the reign of Napoleon I, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-eight, and his mother was married...
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Charles Baudelaire, (born April 9, 1821, Paris, France—died Aug. 31, 1867, Paris), French poet. While a law student he became addicted to opium and hashish and contracted syphilis. His early reckless spending on fine clothes and furnishings led to a life dogged by debt.
