Jules Laforgue (August 16, 1860–August 20, 1887) was a French poet born in Montevideo, Uruguay. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Montevideo Independence Plaza Independence Plaza, c. ...

His parents met in Uruguay, and his father studied there and became first a teacher and then a bank employee. Jules is the second of 11 children in the family. In 1866 the family moved back to France, to Tarbes, the father's hometown. In 1867 Jules, along with his older brother Émile, was left to be raised with a cousin's family because his mother chose to return alone to Uruguay. 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Tarbes, Musée des Beaux-Arts Location within France Tarbes is a French city and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1869 Jules's father took the family to Paris. In 1877, his mother died in childbirth, and Jules, never a good student, failed his baccalaureate exams. He failed again in 1878, and then a third time, and began to read the great French authors and visit the museums of Paris. 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1879 his father became sick and returned to Tarbes, but Jules stayed behind in Paris. He published his first poem in Toulouse. By the end of the year, he had published several poems and was noticed by well-known authors. In 1880 he moved in the literary circles of the capital and became a protégé of Paul Bourget, the editor of the review La vie moderne. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (September 2, 1852–December 25, 1935), was a French novelist and critic. ...

By 1881 his literary career had become so busy that he did not return to Tarbes for his father's funeral. From November of that year until 1886, he lived in Berlin, working as the French reader for the Empress Augusta, a sort of cultural counselor. He was well paid and could pursue his interests very freely. In 1885, he wrote L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune, his masterpiece. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...   Berlin[?] (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In 1886, he returned to France and married Leah Lee, an Englishwoman. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...

He died the next year of tuberculosis. His poetry would be one of the major influences on the young T. S. Eliot. Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... T.S. Eliot (by E.O. Hoppe, 1919) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic, whose works like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Four Quartets, are considered major achievements of twentieth-century...

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