Le Bateau Ivre
Le Bateau ivre (The Drunken Boat) is a poem Arthur Rimbaud wrote in 1871, aged 16, and first published by Paul Verlaine in the review Lutèce on 2 November 1883. It reached book form in Verlaine's Les Poètes maudits in 1884.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First published
- Lutèce (review), 1883
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Adaptations
- Le Bateau Ivre Wall adaptation
In print
- Editions recorded
- 4 on Open Library, 1 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 19 languages
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How many editions of Le Bateau Ivre are there?
We track 1 edition of Le Bateau Ivre. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Le Bateau Ivre been adapted?
Yes, including Le Bateau Ivre Wall (adaptation), according to Wikidata.
When was Le Bateau Ivre first published?
Le Bateau Ivre by Arthur Rimbaud was first published in 1883.
Where these facts come from
- Le Bateau ivre, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Le Bateau ivre, French Wikipedia (fr.wikipedia.org)
- Paul Verlaine, Les Poètes maudits, Poetry in Translation (poetryintranslation.com)
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