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Émile Nelligan

Canadian poet

Died when: 61 years 329 days (742 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Émile Nelligan

Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French.Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in Quebec culture and was considered by Edmund Wilson to be the greatest Canadian poet in any language.


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