Stephane Mallarme

Poet

Birthday March 18, 1842

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace France

DEATH DATE Sep 9, 1898 (56)

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About

French symbolist poet whose best-known works include L'apres-midi d'un faune and Les Mots anglais.

Before Fame

He was born in Paris and lived an impoverished existence as an English teacher.

Trivia

His poetry inspired composer Claude Debussy's 1894 work "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune."

Family Life

He wed Maria Christina Gerhard in 1863 and had a daughter named Stephanie.

Associated With

He famously organized literary salons in Paris that were attended by W.B. Yeats and other prominent poets.