Aloysius Bertrand

1807–1841

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Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841) was the pen name of Louis Jacques Napoléon Bertrand, a French Romantic poet, playwright and journalist. He is known for introducing prose poetry into French literature and is considered a forerunner of the Symbolist movement. His masterpiece is the collection of prose poems Gaspard de la Nuit, published posthumously in 1842.

Born

1807