Title: Illuminations, and other prose poems
First published: 1957
Description: Rimbaud, born in 1854, started to write at an early age. By 17 he had written his most famous poem, 'The Drunken Boat'. He then embarked on a turbulent homosexual relationship with the poet Verlaine, from which came some of their most original work, including A Season in Hell and Illuminations. Rimbaud rejected writing at the age of 20. After years of travelling and gun-running in Africa, he died in 1891, aged 37.
Subjects: Prose poems, French, Translations into English, French Prose poems, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
People: Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891)
LC classification: PQ2387.R5 I43 1957