10 Facts About Germain Nouveau

Germain Marie Bernard Nouveau was a French poet associated with the symbolist movement.

Germain Nouveau was born on 31 July 1851 in Pourrieres, Var, in France.

Germain Nouveau was one of four children of Felicien Nouveau and Marie Silvy.

Germain Nouveau's mother died before he was seven years old, and he was raised by his grandfather.

Germain Nouveau spent most of his childhood at Aix-en-Provence, and he moved to Paris in the fall of 1872.

Germain Nouveau lived with Rimbaud in London at 178 Stamford Street before returning to Paris alone three months later.

Germain Nouveau returned to London where he met Verlaine, who became a long-time friend.

In 1878, Germain Nouveau contributed to the French periodicals Le Gaulois and Le Figaro under the pseudonym Jean de Noves, before travelling to Beirut in 1883.

Germain Nouveau travelled to Rome and made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela before returning to the village of his birth in 1911, where he died in 1920.

Much of Germain Nouveau's work was published and became known after his death.