Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire was a French poet of the mid-19th century. His most famous work is the collection of poems The Flowers of Evil, published in 1857. He was also a translator of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories into French.

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• Lifetime: 9 April 1821 • 31 August 1867
• Main genre: Poetry
• Literary movement: Modernism
• Mid-2026 popularity rank: --

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."