Tristan Corbiere

Poet

Birthday July 18, 1845

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Ploujean, France

DEATH DATE Mar 1, 1875 (29)

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About

Nineteenth-century French poet who published his verse in an 1873 edition of Les amours jaunes.

Before Fame

He suffered from depression and was disfigured by rheumatism.

Trivia

He died at only twenty-nine years old from tuberculosis.

Family Life

He was born to Marie-Angelique-Aspasie Puyo, a member of the French bourgeoisie, and Antoine-Edouard Corbiere, an author.

Associated With

He was delivered from obscurity by Paul Verlaine's praise of his work.