Others see him as being the poet of modern civilization, seeming to speak directly to the 20th century.

Long after his death many look upon his name as representing depravity and vice.

Known for his highly controversial, and often dark poetry, as well as his translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire's life was filled with drama and strife, from financial disaster to being prosecuted for obscenity and blasphemy. Charles Baudelaire (1821 1897) holds the most wide-ranging influence of the French Symbolist poets. Les Fleurs du Mal stands apart from any volume of poetry that came before it both in the scale of Baudelaire’s ambition and the unflinching exploration of the poetic self. Similarly, his Petits poèmes en prose (1868 'Little Prose Poems') was the most successful and innovative early experiment in prose poetry of the time. LES FLEURS DU MAL (THE FLOWERS OF EVIL): The Award-Winning Translation by Charles Baudelaire, Richard Howard (Translator) 5.0 (1) Paperback 14. Charles Baudelaires 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex love, death, the corrupting and oppressive power of the. Long after his death many look upon his name as representing d Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du Mal (1857 The Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century. Known for his highly controversial, and often dark poetry, as well as his translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Baudelaire's life was filled with drama and strife, from financial disaster to being prosecuted for obscenity and blasphemy. Similarly, his Petits poèmes en prose (1868 'Little Prose Poems') was the most successful and innovative early experiment in prose poetry of the time. Charles Pierre Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du Mal (1857 The Flowers of Evil) which was perhaps the most important and influential poetry collection published in Europe in the 19th century.

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire