Quote of the day
I get a fine, warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
Jules Laforgue
Born: August 16, 1860
Died: August 20, 1887 (aged 27)
Bio: Jules Laforgue was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbolist, part-impressionist".
Known for:
- Moral Tales
- Poems of Jules Laforgue
- Jules Laforgue Selected Poems
- Patrick Caulfield
- Essential Poems and Prose of Jules Laforgue