The biography of the great French poet Arthur Rimbaud, the forerunner of decadents and symbolists, a figure connecting the 19th and 20th centuries in French poetry, is no less striking than his works. Rimbaud considered himself " clairvoyant ", who was written to penetrate the depths of the greatest secrets of the human soul; with the dedication of a martyr and the stubbornness of a genius, he set foot on this way of the cross and, with truly antique heroism, took upon himself one after another all the blows of a cruel fate, every hour carving him for trying to break out of the limits reserved for a person. Rimbaud's personality is mysterious and controversial; the author of the book, a recognized specialist 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 an opportunity to look into the caches of the soul of the genuine Arthur Rimbaud, poet, genius and man.