The Baudelaires

Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic born in Paris to an amateur‑artist mother and a professional‑working father; his seminal lyric collection *Les Fleurs du mal* cemented his reputation as a pioneer of modernist poetry, while his keen interest in the interplay of music and visual art led him to collaborate on spoken‑word recordings and to be celebrated posthumously as a cultural figure whose work has inspired composers, musicians and interdisciplinary artists.