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Jules Laforgue
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Jules Laforgue was a French and Uruguayan poet, translator, and prose writer who wrote in French. Born in Montevideo in 1860, he was educated at Lycée Condorcet. He died in Paris in 1887 from tuberculosis.
His notable works include Soleils funestes, Les derniers vers de Jules Laforgue, Dragées, Charles Baudelaire, Tristan Corbière, Hamlet, and Les complaintes. His works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. He is buried at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1860
- Died
- 1887
- Works
- 102
Top works
- Soleils funestes
- Les derniers vers de Jules Laforgue
- Dragées ; Charles Baudelaire ; Tristan Corbière
- Hamlet
- Les complaintes
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1860-08-16 ) 16 August 1860, Montevideo , Uruguay
- Died
- 20 August 1887 (1887-08-20) (aged 27), Paris , France
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jules
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- Lycée Condorcet
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Laforgue portrait painting.jpg
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- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- Commons category
- Jules Laforgue
- date of birth
- 1860-08-16
- date of death
- 1887-08-20
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Jules Laforgue
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- writing language
- French
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Jules Laforgue, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jules Laforgue ( French: [ʒyl lafɔʁɡ]; 16 August 1860 – 20 August 1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbolist, part-impressionist". Laforgue was a model for Pierre-Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Life
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