Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. He travelled
to the Indian Ocean but returned prematurely and never again
travelled far from Paris, until his journey to Belgium the year
before his death, where he suffered a stroke. He lived a bohemian
lifestyle, writing, publishing and lecturing to raise money for his
rather lavish tastes. His collection of poetry Les Fleurs du Mal
(1857) was prosecuted for indecency.
Carol Clark is a Fellow and Tutor in French at Balliol College,
Oxford.
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