Arthur+Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud was born Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud on October 20, 1854, He was born in Charleville, Ardennes to Frederic Rimbaud and Marie Catherine Vitalie Cuif. Arthur was the 2nd born of five children. In 1862, Arthur's mom moved herself and the children to Cours d'Orleans. Once in school, Arthur started writing poems. He only wrote for a short time, stopping at the age of 20. Arthur passed away on November 10, 1891 at the age of 37 in Marseille, France from Cancer.

Rimbaud's was referred to as "Infant Shakespeare". He wrote 125 poems and influenced modern literature. During the short time he spent as a writer, he produced three major poems __Illuminations__, __A Season in Hell__, and __The Drunken Boat.__ The Drunken Boat was written in a small café in Paris. One of my favorite poems was titled __Novel__. This poem was written on September 29, 1870. It talks about not being serious at the age of seventeen. Having fun, falling in love, and being a kid.

The works of Rimbaud are considered the most original in the symbolist movement. The way he wrote so freely about being a rebel, his controversial relationships, and shenanigans became widely used by other artist. Rimbaud turned out to be one of the founding fathers of modernism.