Catulle Mendès

Catulle Mendès (22 May 1841 – 8 February 1909) was a French poet and man of letters. Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris, attaining speedy notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste (1861) of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's imprisonment and a fine of 500 francs. He was allied with the Parnassians from the beginning of the movement, and displayed e... more

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  • May 22, 1841

Date of death:

  • Feb 8, 1909 (age 67 years)

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