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Paul Verlaine
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French poet and decadent, he was one of the leading figures of Symbolist poetry.
His relationship with fellow poet
Arthur Rimbaud
was the subject of
Christopher Hampton
's 1967 play "Total Eclipse". Hampton later adapted his play for the 1995 film version (
Total Eclipse (1995)
) directed by
Agnieszka Holland
and starring
David Thewlis
as Verlaine.
The end of his life was spent in a drunken and destitute state, wandering between slums, hospital and cafes, countering treatment for diabetes, ulcers and syphilis with absinthe. He died of pneumonia in January 1896 at the age of 51.
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