Émile Nelligan (1879 - 1941)

Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a francophone poet from Quebec, Canada. A follower of Symbolism, his poetry was profoundly influenced by Octave Crémazie, Louis Fréchette, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Georges Rodenbach, Maurice Rollinat and Edgar Allan Poe. A precocious talent like Arthur Rimbaud, his first poems were published in Montreal when he was 16 years old.