Charles Baudelaire

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal/ The Flowers of Evil, expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the 19th century.

Works

• The Mirror of Art: Critical Studies, trans., ed. & notes Jonathan Mayne, New York: Doubleday, 1956, xxi+370+64 pp. (English)
• The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays, trans. & ed. Jonathan Mayne, London: Phaidon, 1964, xx+224. Excerpt. (English)
• Selected Writings on Art and Artists, trans. & intro. P.E. Charvet, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, 460 pp; new ed. as Selected Writings on Art and Literature, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, 460 pp. (English)
• in French

Links

• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire