Paul Verlaine

by Stefan Zweig, Paul Verlaine (Contribution by), Arthur Symons (Translator)

Overview

Paul Verlaine is one of the great lyrical French poets. This study by Stefan Zweig offers a survey of his poetry and a biography, including his famous friendship with Arthur Rimbaud.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781861710840
Publisher:	Crescent Moon Publishing
Publication date:	02/05/2024
Series:	European Writers
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Stefan Zweig (28 November 1881 - 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. Zweig was born in Vienna, the son of Moritz Zweig (1845-1926), a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer, and Ida Brettauer (1854-1938), a daughter of a Jewish banking family.He was related to the Czech writer Egon Hostovský, who described him as "a very distant relative" some sources describe them as cousins.