Paul Verlaine’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) March 30, 1844
Death Date January 8, 1896
Age of Death 51 years
Cause of Death Alcohol Use Disorder
Profession Poet
The poet Paul Verlaine died at the age of 51. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
French Symbolist poet whose famous works include Romances sans paroles and Poemes saturniens. He was involved in the Parisian literary salon scene and was a contemporary of Anatole France, Charles Cros, and other prominent nineteenth-century intellectuals.
He abandoned his wife, Mathilde, to pursue an affair with Arthur Rimbaud.
Quotes
"I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.
"Tears fall in my heart like the rain on the town.
"The poet is a madman lost in adventure.