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France / Yemen: Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891, second from right) seated with unidentified Europeans on the terrace of the Hotel of the Universe, Aden, 1880

France / Yemen: Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891, second from right) seated with unidentified Europeans on the terrace of the Hotel of the Universe, Aden, 1880

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet born in Charleville, Ardennes. He influenced modern literature and arts, inspired various musicians, and prefigured surrealism. He started writing poems at a very young age, while still in primary school, and stopped completely before he turned 21. He was mostly creative in his teens.

Rimbaud was known to have been a libertine and for being a restless soul. He traveled extensively on three continents before his death from cancer just after his thirty-seventh birthday.

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