Charles Cros Biography
Charles Cros (October 1, 1842 – August 9, 1888) was a French poet and inventor. He was born in Fabrezan, Aude, France, 35 km to the East of Carcassonne.
Cros was a well-regarded poet and humorous writer. He developed various improved methods of photography including an early color photo process. He also invented improvements in telegraph technology.
In the early 1870s Cros had published with Mallarmé, Villiers and Verlaine in the short-lived weekly Renaissance littéraire et artistique, edited by Emile Blémont.
His poem The Kippered Herring inspired Ernest Coquelin to create what he called monologues, short theatrical pieces whose format was copied by numerous imitators.The piece, translated as The Salt Herring, was translated and illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Le casque de velours, qui de plumes s’égaie,
Rabais sur les sourcils les boucles, frondaison
D’or frisé. Les yeux froids, prêts à la trahison,
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Bien que parisienne en tous points, vous avez
Conservé dans votre être un parfum bucolique,
Legs immatériel des poèmes rêvés
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à Henry Cros
Au bord du chemin, contre un églantier,
Suivant du regard le beau cavalier
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Les cheveux plantureux et blonds, bourrés de crins,
Se redressent altiers: deux touffes latérales
Se collent sur le front en moqueuses spirales.
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Ecartant les taillis, courant par les clairières,
A travers la forêt des spontanéités,
Et cherchant dans l’émoi des soifs aventurières
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