Pierre Petitfis. Arthur Rimbaud. The ZhZL series.

The biography of the great French poet Arthur Rimbaud, a forerunner of the Decadents and Symbolists, a figure who bridged the 19th and 20th centuries in French poetry, is no less striking than his works. Rimbaud considered himself a "clairvoyant," destined to penetrate the depths of the greatest mysteries of the human soul. With the dedication of a martyr and the stubbornness of a genius, he embarked on this path of the cross and, with true ancient heroism, accepted, one after another, the cruel blows of fate, which hourly punished him for attempting to break beyond the limits of human nature. Rimbaud's personality is enigmatic and contradictory; the author, a recognized expert in the study of French poetry of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, takes the reader through all the twists and turns of his hero's fantastic life, offering a glimpse into the depths of the soul of the true Arthur Rimbaud—poet, genius, and man.