“I could then finish this work and afterwards work at the expense of the…” — Arthur Rimbaud

“I could then finish this work and afterwards work at the expense of the Geographical Society.”

Original: Je pourrai achever cet ouvrage et travailler ensuite aux frais de la Société de Géographie. — Rimbaud hopes that geographical research will provide the means for further exploration. · Letter to Ernest Delahaye, 18 January 1882 (French)

Arthur Rimbaud

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20 October 1854–10 November 1891

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was born on 20 October 1854 in Charleville, in the Ardennes region of northeastern France, and died on 10 November 1891 in Marseille. Few writers have produced so small a body of work and so immense a legend. Rimbaud wrote nearly all the poetry for which he is remembered between his…

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“I am ready for perfection.”

Original: Je suis prêt pour la perfection. — The statement expresses an intense and almost paradoxical confidence in the midst of spiritual turmoil. · A Season in Hell, Night in Hell, 1873 (French)

“I cannot enjoy my earnings.”

Original: Je ne puis jouir de mon gain. — Rimbaud recognises that relentless work has deprived him of the very leisure his earnings should have provided. · Letter from Aden, 1884 (French)

“What a wretched existence I lead in these absurd climates and insane conditions.”

Original: Quelle existence désolante, s’écrie-t-il, je mène sous ces climats absurdes et dans ces conditions insensées! — Rimbaud’s African correspondence often records the harshness and monotony of the life he had chosen. · Letter from Aden, 1884 (French)

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