Ah! que la vie est quotidienne.

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Jules Laforgue

1860-08-16 — 1887-08-20 · Montevidéu

Jules Laforgue was a French poet and literary critic, a transitional figure between symbolism and modernism. Known for his irony, melancholy, and formal experimentation, his work explored themes such as love, death, time, and the human condition with a skeptical and disillusioned perspective. Despite a relatively short literary output and limited recognition during his lifetime, his innovative style and unique vision of modernity exerted a significant influence on 20th-century poetry, particularly on American modernist poets.