ABOUT TRISTAN CORBIERE
Nineteenth-century French poet who published his verse in an 1873 edition of Les amours jaunes.
He suffered from depression and was disfigured by rheumatism.
He died at only twenty-nine years old from tuberculosis.
He was born to Marie-Angelique-Aspasie Puyo, a member of the French bourgeoisie, and Antoine-Edouard Corbiere, an author.
He was delivered from obscurity by Paul Verlaine 's praise of his work.
