Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé | |
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Portrait of Mallarmé by Nadar, 1896 | |
| Born | Étienne Mallarmé 18 March 1842 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 September 1898 (aged 56) Vulaines-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Symbolism |
| Spouse |
Maria Christina Gerhard
(m. 1863) |
| Children | 2 |
Stéphane Mallarmé (UK: /ˈmælɑːrmeɪ/ MAL-ar-may, US: /ˌmælɑːrˈmeɪ/ mal-ar-MAY; French: [stefan malaʁme] ⓘ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.