Comte de Lautréamont

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

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Lived 1846–1870, aged 24France

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1846–1870
Aged 24

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Updated 2026-05-29

Obscure 19th-century French poet whose dark, surreal writings barely circulated before he died at 24—yet somehow became a pillar for Surrealists and Situationists decades later. Les Chants de Maldoror did the heavy lifting.

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Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, 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. Ducasse died at the age of 24.

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