Émile Nelligan

Émile Nelligan
Nelligan in 1899
Born(1879-12-24)24 December 1879
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died18 November 1941(1941-11-18) (aged 61)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Burial placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal
OccupationPoet
Years active1890-1899
Notable work
  • Le vaisseau d'or
  • Soir d'hiver
MovementSymbolism

Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a French Canadian Symbolist poet influenced by Romanticism. Although he almost entirely ceased writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of nineteen, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in Quebecois culture and was considered by Edmund Wilson to be the greatest Canadian poet in any language.

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