Baudelaire

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:fictional_character
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Les_Fleurs_du_mal
gptkb:Le_Spleen_de_Paris
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Legion_of_Honor_(posthumously)
gptkb:Lycée_Louis-le-Grand
gptkbp:birth_date April 9, 1821
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Cimetière_du_Montparnasse
gptkbp:contribution Influence on art and literature
Exploration of urban life
Critique of modernity
Symbolism in poetry
Themes of beauty and decay
gptkbp:death_date August 31, 1867
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.”
“ Beauty is a form of genius.”
“ I have cultivated my garden.”
“ There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkb:literary_criticism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baudelaire
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Marcel_Proust
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:Paul_Verlaine
gptkb:Arthur_Rimbaud
gptkb:Charles_Peguy
modern poetry
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkbp:known_for symbolism
modernity
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notable_influence gptkb:Surrealism
Existentialism
Symbolist movement
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Les_Fleurs_du_mal
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:translator
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Caroline_Armand
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UNESCO_Creative_Cities_of_Literature
gptkb:The_Collected_Short_Stories_of_André_Gide
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5