Stéphane Mallarmé was born in Paris in 1842. A poet and critic,
Mallarmé was also famous for hosting salons, gathering together
poets, artists and intellectuals in his home. Among his guests were
W.B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paul Valéry, Stefan George, Paul
Verlaine, and many others. For most of his life, he worked as an
English teacher, working at schools in Tournon, Besançon and
Avignon before settling in Paris in 1871. Among his publications
are Poésies, Divagations and a French translation of the poems of
Edgar Allan Poe from 1888. His groundbreaking visual poem, "Un coup
de Dés jamais n'abolira le Hasard" ("A throw of the Dice never will
abolish Chance"), was published in the journal Cosmopolis in 1897,
and in book form in 1914. Mallarmé died in Valvins in 1898.
Peter Manson lives in Glasgow, Scotland. His books include BETWEEN
CUP AND LIP (Miami University Press, 2008), For the Good of Liars
and Adjunct: an Undigest (both from Barque Press), and Poems of
Frank Rupture. More information at www.petermanson.wordpress.com.
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