The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.
You don't make a poem with ideas, but with words.
Dreams have as much influence as actions.
Stephane Mallarme Poet
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: France
- Born: Mar 18, 1842
- Died: Sep 9, 1898
Stéphane Mallarmé, whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism.