Visite guidée " Sur les pas d'Arthur Rimbaud "

In the footsteps of the famous poet Discover the birthplace of the poet with soles of wind and the places where he grew up. Follow the guide to discover some of the graphic works on the route that bears his name. A precocious child and rebellious teenager, he wrote his first poems at the age of fifteen. He grew up without a father and under his mother?s marked authority as a ?73 lead-capped administrator? Arthur Rimbaud was born in Charleville, France, on October 20, 1854, and spent his teenage years there in cramped conditions. A small provincial town in the throes of industrial change, it was nevertheless on the bangs of the world of poetry, through which he thirsted for expression. In Charleville, Arthur Rimbaud received a number of prizes and nominations for his writing talents, and through his travels and his tumultuous relationship with Paul Verlaine, he forged his legend. Today, he is an icon recognized and studied the world over.