Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a poet from France who lived in the 19th century and is particularly famous for being one of the very first major literary figures to have used surrealism in his work even before it became mainstream. Rimbaud had started off as a creative writer right from the time when he was a child and at the same time he was an extremely talented student. However, he did not complete his education and fled from home while he was still a teenager, thereby displaying an acutely rebellious streak. It was after leaving home that Rimbaud found his voice as a poet and composed almost all of his literary work in the few years following that episode. Some of his most important works include the book of poetry collection titled ‘Illuminations’ and ‘A Season in Hell’, which is often regarded as one of the earliest examples of modernist literature. However, Rimbaud stopped writing poems when he was only 21 years old and instead started working as a merchant, which proved to be a huge loss for the world of literature. He died atthe age of 37 due to cancer but still remains one of the most influential literary figures of all time. Here are some of his famous quotes.
