Planet Literature

A Look at the Life and Work of the Poet – With English Adaptations by Ilona Lay

The life of the French poet Paul Verlaine (1844 – 1896) was marked by inner conflicts and the futile search for a place in life. This is also re-flected in his poems. Their special musicality, however, radiates the very harmony that was denied the poet in his everyday life.

Image: Frédéric Bazille (1841 – 1870): Portrait of Paul Verlaine (1867); Zurich, Gallery Chichio Haller (Wikimedia Commons)