After finishing his most famous work at age 19, he abandoned poetry and became a trader and gunrunner in Africa.
After finishing his most famous work at age 19, he abandoned poetry and became a trader and gunrunner in Africa. This last work includes sections subtitled "The Foolish Virgin" and "Alchemy of the Word" and another section in which he describes his Gallic ancestry and inherited indolence. Those sections, "Delirium I," "Delirium II," and "Bad Blood," form part of a long poetic work in which this author declares "I must be absolutely Modern." Earlier works by this author include a collection titled Illuminations and a work composed of 25 quatrains describing a sinking vessel, "The Drunken Boat". FTP, name this French poet, lover of Paul Verlaine and author of A Season in Hell.
After finishing his most famous work at age 19, he abandoned poetry and became a trader and gunrunner in Africa.
Arthur {Rimbaud}