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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

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle