When Charles Houin, an early biographer, interviewed her, he found her "withdrawn, stubborn and taciturn". completely lacking in a sense of humour". Her personality was the "exact opposite" of Rimbaud's she was narrowminded, "stingy and. She came from a "solidly established Ardennais family", but one with its share of bohemians two of her brothers were alcoholics. In October 1852, Captain Rimbaud, then aged 38, was transferred to Mezieres where he met Vitalie Cuif, 11 years his junior, while on a Sunday stroll. with the long moustaches and goatee of a Chasseur officer. Captain Rimbaud was described as "good-tempered, easy-going and generous". From 1844 to 1850, he participated in the conquest of Algeria, and in 1854 was awarded the Legion d'honneur "by Imperial decree". Rimbaud's father, a Burgundian of Provencal extraction, was an infantry captain risen from the ranks he had spent much of his army career abroad. He was the second child of Frederic Rimbaud (7 October 1814 – 16 November 1878) and Marie Catherine Vitalie Cuif (10 March 1825 – 16 November 1907). 1.2 Schooling and teen years (1861–1871)Īrthur Rimbaud was born in the provincial town of Charleville (now part of Charleville-Mezieres) in the Ardennes departement in northeastern France.He traveled extensively on three continents before his death from cancer just after his thirty-seventh birthday. Rimbaud was known to have been a libertine and a restless soul. His "genius, its flowering, explosion and sudden extinction, still astonishes". He was mostly creative in his teens (17-20). He started writing poems at a very young age, while still in primary school, and stopped completely before he turned 21. He influenced modern literature and arts, inspired various musicians, and prefigured surrealism. Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud ( / r æ m ˈ b oʊ / or / ˈ r æ m b oʊ / French pronunciation: 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet born in Charleville, Ardennes. Rimbaud, aged 17, by Etienne Carjat, probably taken in December 1871.
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