The Southern Review, January 1st, 1996
French poet Jules Laforgue is considered to be a pioneer of modern poetry because of his existential approach, use of free verse and the frequent touches of irony and paradox in his verses. Laforgue studied in France in the 1880s and became poet at the court of Empress Augusta of Germany. At this time he published his works 'Les Complaints de Jules Laforgue,' which were influential on other modernist poets such as T.S. Eliot.
BIOGRAPHY
JULES LAFORGUE was born in Uruguay on August 16, 1860. He emigrated to his parents' native France in 1869 and attended school in Tarbes until 1876. Then Lafor...
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