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Who was Charles Baudelaire?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 148
Qui était Charles Baudelaire ?
Who was Charles Baudelaire?
Answer. A great French poet of the 19th century.
Un grand poète français du XIXe siècle.
Charles Baudelaire (1821 to 1867) wrote The Flowers of Evil and Paris Spleen. He modernized French poetry.
The official text that proves it
« Baudelaire est un grand poète français. Il a modernisé la poésie . Dans son œuvre, il explore le bien et le mal, la beauté et la laideur ou encore la mélancolie (grande tristesse). »
Baudelaire is a great French poet. He modernized poetry. In his work, he explores good and evil, beauty and ugliness, and melancholy (deep sadness).
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