As per our current Database, Paul Verlaine has been died on Jan 8, 1896 (age 51).
When Paul Verlaine die, Paul Verlaine was 51 years old.
| Popular As | Paul Verlaine |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 51 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | March 30, 1844 (Metz, France) |
| Birthday | March 30 |
| Town/City | Metz, France |
| Nationality | France |
Paul Verlaine’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Paul Verlaine was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
French Symbolist poet whose famous works include Romances sans paroles and Poemes saturniens. He was involved in the Parisian literary salon scene and was a contemporary of Anatole France, Charles Cros, and other prominent nineteenth-century intellectuals.
He published his first poem in 1863 in the literary journal La Revue du Progres.
He spent his last years in destitution, suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction.
He abandoned his wife, Mathilde, to pursue an affair with Arthur Rimbaud.
Composer Claude Debussy set many of Verlaine's poems, including the famous "Clair de lune," to music.
