Alan Cheuse reviews a novel based on the real life of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, called Disaster Was My God.
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Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud by Bruce Duffy
Catherine | 17/08/2011 | 21:13 | News
French booksellers discover first adult Rimbaud picture
Catherine | 15/04/2010 | 20:12 | News
A previously unseen photo of French poet Arthur Rimbaud was unveiled in Paris on Thursday, bringing the total number of known images of the writer to eight.
Win Tickets: Rimbaud and Verlaine at Kings Place
Catherine | 23/04/2009 | 18:31 | News
The lives of French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine sound like something from a Rick Mayall sitcom. Theirs is a tale of forbidden love, drunken rows and cross-channel debauchery, with knife fights, a shooting and even a fish-slapping incident thrown in for bad measure. During a particularly stormy period in 1873, the two Frenchmen lived together at 8 Royal College Street, Camden Town, and there wrote some of their most enduring poetry.
Poet in the city invites you to Rimbaud & Verlaine
Catherine | 17/04/2009 | 21:16 | News
An event celebrating the life and works of two of France's greatest poets, chaired by Alan Jenkins, featuring Graham Robb, Dominique Combe, Martin Sorrell, Yann Frémy and the distinguished actors Bill Homewood and Estelle Kohler.
An Arthur Rimbaud Drift
Catherine | 18/02/2009 | 00:16 | News
Poet in the City, as an innovative poetry charity, is championing efforts to save 8 Royal College Street, the house in Camden formerly occupied by the celebrated French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
An Arthur Rimbaud Drift
Catherine | 15/10/2008 | 15:55 | News
Niall McDevitt leads a poetic walk tracing the steps of the legendary Frenchman and his fellow communard/poet/homosexual/alcoholic Paul Verlaine.
Unknown Rimbaud text found in France
Catherine | 22/05/2008 | 21:24 | News
An unknown work by the French 19th-century poet Arthur Rimbaud has been uncovered in a newspaper back issue in his hometown in northeastern France, a local bookseller said on Thursday.