The biography of the great French poet Arthur Rimbaud, the forerunner of the decadents and symbolists, the figure connecting the 19th and 20th centuries in French poetry, is no less striking than his works. Rimbaud considered himself a “clairvoyant,” destined to penetrate into the depths of the greatest secrets of the human soul; with the dedication of a martyr and the stubbornness of a genius, he set out on this way of the cross and, with truly ancient heroism, took upon himself, one after another, all the blows of cruel fate, which punished him hourly for attempting to break out of the limits allotted to man. Rimbaud's personality is mysterious and contradictory; the author of the book, a recognized expert in the study of French poetry of the late XIX - early XX centuries, guides the reader through all the vicissitudes of the fantastic life of his hero, giving the opportunity to look into the recesses of the soul of the true Arthur Rimbaud, poet, genius and man. [Adapted for AlReader]