Stéphane Mallarmé (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
As a youth, Stéphane (baptized Etienne) Mallarmé (ma-lahr-may) was a romantic who rebelled against Catholicism and failed in school more than once despite prizes for composition and translation. While in England, however, he married his mistress, and he subsequently led two lives: the calm, quiet life of a schoolteacher and the disturbed inner life of a startling innovator in French poetry. That his life attracted less attention, perhaps notoriety, than the careers of Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud is due largely to the seemingly serene routine he followed.
Born in Paris on...
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