Catulle Mendès

French poet and man of letters (1841–1909).

Born May 22nd, 1841 in Bordeaux. [ref]

Died February 8th, 1909 at 67 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (railway accident). [ref]

Occupations
librettist, novelist, playwright, poet, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner