Gustave Kahn

Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (died 1936)

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Born: December 21, 1859
Died: September 5, 1936
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birth year: 1859

About Gustave Kahn

Gustave Kahn (21 December 1859, in Metz – 5 September 1936, in Paris) was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He was also active, via publishing and essay-writing, in defining Symbolism and distinguishing it from the Decadent Movement. Kahn claimed to have invented the term vers libre, or free verse. Together with Félix Fénéon and Leo d'Orfer, both critics, Kahn founded and then directed La Vogue in 1886.

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The world when Gustave Kahn was born

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Culture in 1859

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Headlines and milestones

Top headlineJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
Technology milestoneEdwin Drake drills first successful oil well (Pennsylvania)
World population~1.39B

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U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
U.S. population29.2M

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