Category: Writers

Mark Twain

(1835–1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens Works: • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) • A Horse’s Tale (1907) • A Tramp Abroad (1880) • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) • Complete Letters (1853-1910) • Life on the Mississippi (1883) • Speeches (English) • The Adventures of Tom…

Paul Verlaine

(1844–1896) Paul Marie Verlaine Works: • Hombres (French) • Poésies complètes (French) ◊ Poems of Paul Verlaine (English) Verlaine in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) (?) Paul Verlaine en Troubadour (?) 1868 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée…

Arthur Rimbaud

(1854–1891) Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud Works: • Poésies complètes (French) Rimbaud in Art: Ernst, Max (1891-1976) Hommage à Rimbaud 1961 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Rimbaud 1948 Detroit…

Louis Edmond Duranty

(1833–1880) Louis Émile Edmond Duranty Duranty in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’Edmond Duranty 1879 Burrell Collection, Glasgow     Born June 5 1833 Paris (France) Died April 9 1880 Paris…

Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

(1789–1879) Isidore Taylor in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Born August 5 1789 Brussels (Belgium) Died September 6 1879 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Philanthropist Playwright Occupation Senator Writer Award…

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809–1849) Born Edgar Poe Works: • The Raven (1845) • The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry Translations of his Works: • Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898): Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar…

Stéphane Mallarmé

(1842–1898) Étienne Mallarmé Works: • Pages (1891) Translations: • Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Raven translated into French, illustrated by Édouard Manet. Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 1875 Metropolitan Museum of…

Charles Baudelaire

(1821–1867) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire Works: • Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) • The Flowers of Evil (English) Quotes: • Charles Baudelaire: Quotations Baudelaire in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Portrait de Baudelaire s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre 1854–1855 Musée…

Marguerite de Navarre

(1492–1549) Marguerite de Navarre, née Marguerite d’Angoulême Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême Princess of France Queen of Navarre Duchess of Alençon and Berry See also: • Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise (France) Born April 11 1492 Angoulême (France) Died December 21 1549 Odos (France)…

Martin Luther

(1483–1546) Works: ◊ A Treatise on Good Works (English) ◊ An Open Letter on Translating (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1 (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 2 (English) ◊ Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (English) ◊…