FTP, who was this author of The Flowers of Evil?
His prose poems exploring urban, bourgeois life were often written from the perspective of the flaneur, an idea elucidated in his essay The Painter of Modern Life. He got his start introducing the works of Poe to Europe through his classic French translations. His decadent lifestyle led to his premature death a year before the publication of his ambitious poetry collection Paris Spleen, but he remains best known for a controversial collection whose use of subtle nuances and striking images laid the foundations for modern poetry.  FTP, who was this author of The Flowers of Evil?
His prose poems exploring urban, bourgeois life were often written from the perspective of the flaneur, an idea elucidated in his essay The Painter of Modern Life.
Charles Baudelaire