Stephane Mallarme Quotes


A soul trembling to sit by a hearth so bright, To exist again, it’s enough if I borrow from Your lips the breath of my name you murmur all night.


Citations

Mallarmé, Stéphane. Collected Poems and Other Verse. Translated by E.H. Blackmore and A.M. Blackmore, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 119.

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Stephane Mallarme
Stephane Mallarme
  • Born: March 18, 1842
  • Died: September 9, 1898
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet

Stéphane Mallarmé, pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.