Paul Verlaine (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Paul Marie Verlaine (vur-lehn) was the son of a former captain of engineers of Napoleon’s army. He was educated in Paris and then secured a minor position with an insurance company, a job that provided a small salary while leaving him time for creative work. In 1870 he married Mathilde Mauté. In the following year he formed the friendship with Arthur Rimbaud that was to affect his life so profoundly. His close relationship with Rimbaud, with whom he was infatuated, would prove extremely important to the development of Verlaine’s mature poetry. With Rimbaud, a much younger man,...
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