Stéphane Mallarmé
Writing
March 18, 1842
Died at age 56
September 9, 1898
Date of Death
Paris, France
Biography
Étienne Mallarmé, known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.
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