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Paul-Marie Verlaine was born March 30, 1844 in the town of Metz on the Eastern border of France. His father, a French army officer, brought the family to Paris when Paul-Marie was seven years old. | Paul-Marie Verlaine was born March 30, 1844 in the town of Metz on the Eastern border of France. His father, a French army officer, brought the family to Paris when Paul-Marie was seven years old. [[Image:Paul-verlaine-190x240.jpg]] | ||
As a young man, Verlaine made several attempts at a normal life, studying law for a couple of years, working as an insurance clerk. He married a young woman named Mathilde in 1870, and they had a son, Georges. He socialized in "bohemian" crowds as well as at more upper-class salons. He became fascinated with the poetry of [http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/page.jsp?what=CharlesBaudelaire Baudelaire], and worked with a publisher to arrange the publication of his own first volume, [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://poetes.com/verlaine/index.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPaul%2BVerlaine%2B-%2BPoemes%2BSaturniens%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG <i>Poemes Saturniens</i>], in 1866. | As a young man, Verlaine made several attempts at a normal life, studying law for a couple of years, working as an insurance clerk. He married a young woman named Mathilde in 1870, and they had a son, Georges. He socialized in "bohemian" crowds as well as at more upper-class salons. He became fascinated with the poetry of [http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/page.jsp?what=CharlesBaudelaire Baudelaire], and worked with a publisher to arrange the publication of his own first volume, [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://poetes.com/verlaine/index.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPaul%2BVerlaine%2B-%2BPoemes%2BSaturniens%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG <i>Poemes Saturniens</i>], in 1866. | ||