Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)

Comte de Lautréamont

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet, born in Uruguay.

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Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)
Born
1846-04-04
Portrait of Comte de Lautréamont
Photo: Document found in 1977 by Jean-Jacques Lefrère in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France). / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Overview

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet, born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Ducasse died at the age of 24.

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