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Comte de Lautréamont

Born on April 4, 1846

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Comte de Lautréamont (French:) was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet, born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists.

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