Green hair of Baudelaire
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"The joke of the green hair has been disposed of by Crépet. Baudelaire's hair thinning after an illness, he had his head shaved and painted with salve of a green hue, hoping thereby to escape baldness."--Egoists: A Book of Supermen (1909) by James Huneker "One Sunday he came to see me with his hair painted green. I pretended not to notice it. He did his best to attract my attention. At last, unable to control ..."--A Sentimental Library (1914) by Harry Bache Smith |
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The green hair episode is an often repeated legend of the life of Charles Baudelaire.
The legend has been disposed off by Crépet in Charles Baudelaire, étude biographique (1887).
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