Mallarme
The Magician
The flesh is sad and I have read all the books. Stéphane sought the absolute in the white of the page. Silence speaks.
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Life and journey
Stéphane was the magician of silence. ideal Book, constellation of meaning.
Their thought
Hermeticism and purity. everything exists to end up in a book.
What they leave us
father of demanding modern poetry. mystery as beauty.
Major works
A Throw of the Dice (1897).
The Afternoon of a Faun (1876).
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5 quotes
“Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.”
— Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard
“Ce n'est pas avec des idées qu'on fait des vers, c'est avec des mots.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“It's not with ideas that one makes verses, it's with words.”
— Inconnu
“Tout dans le monde existe pour aboutir à un livre.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.”
— Inconnu
“Le monde est fait pour aboutir à un beau livre.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The world is made to end in a beautiful book.”
— Inconnu
“Rien n'aura eu lieu que le lieu.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Nothing will have taken place but the location.”
— Un coup de dés
