Poor old arthur rimbaud sic, an actor before cinema but what has there been a film of his life?

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Controversial French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, (1854-1891) turned his back on the literary world in 1873 at age 20 and set off in search of fortune. In August 1880 he arrived in Aden and with introduction in hand approached Pierre Bardey, partner of Bardey & Co. The company was in the business of exporting coffee and other items from Aden from their 3-level property on Esplanade Road in Crater, close by the old solitary minaret of the former Manara Mosque, and facing Front Bay and Sirah Island. Young Rimbaud was employed as foreman in the coffee-sorting warehouse for 7 francs a day including board and lodging.
Rimbaud eventually left Bardey's and went to work for another French exporter, César Tian. His dreams of making a fortune running guns for King Menelik II of Shewa were dashed when Menelik cheated him on the deal. Leaving Harar on April 7 1891 he had to be carried by litter to the coast, his leg swollen with a tumour. Back in Marseille his leg was amputated but the cancer was malignant and he died on November 10 1891 aged just 37.

His surname is pronounced RAMBO.

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