Rimbaud

American  

[ram-boh, ran-boh] / ræmˈboʊ, rɛ̃ˈboʊ /

noun

1. (Jean Nicolas) Arthur 1854–91, French poet.

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Rimbaud British  

/ rɛ̃bo /

noun

1. Arthur (artyr). 1854–91, French poet, whose work, culminating in the prose poetry of Illuminations (published 1884), greatly influenced the symbolists. A Season in Hell (1873) draws on his tempestuous homosexual affair with Verlaine, after which he abandoned writing (aged about 20) and spent the rest of his life travelling

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Example Sentences

Yeats; in another he salutes Allen Ginsberg and other Beat poets; in a third he devotes the entirety of the piece to Arthur Rimbaud.

From The Wall Street Journal

Teacher’s college followed high school along with a passion for French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

From The Wall Street Journal

At age 15, I knew that I didn’t understand everything about Yoko Ono’s work — I didn’t even know if I liked it — but I also didn’t necessarily understand Arthur Rimbaud, “Desolation Row,” or “Howl.”

From Salon

She was obsessed with the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and aged 17, it was a "seamless transition" to Bob Dylan.

From BBC

She forms a musical partnership with Lenny Kaye, and begins performing her poetry, with the 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud as her spiritual inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times