Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautréamont French writer Lautréamont (only known photo) Born Isidore-Lucien Ducasse (1846-04-04)4 April 1846 Montevideo, Uruguay Died 24 November 1870(1870-11-24) (aged 24) Paris Occupation Poet French literature by category French literary history Medieval Renaissance 17th 18th 19th 20th century Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Essayists Novelists Playwrights Poets Short story writers Portals France French language Literature French/Francophone literature v t e Comte de Lautréamont (French: [lotʁeamɔ ]) was the pseudonym of Isidore-Lucien Ducasse (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. He died at the age of 24.