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He was born in Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées departement, in the southwestern region of France, and he went to Paris as a small child. He had an idea of becoming a painter, but his inclinations turned him in the direction of poetry, and these ambitions were furthered on meeting Victor Hugo. He also received help from Honoré de Balzac, who gave him work at the Chronique de Paris .

Gautier belonged, along with the poet Charles BaudelaireCharles Pierre Baudelaire ( April 9, 1821 August 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets. He was also an important critic and translator. Life and work Baudelaire was born in Paris. His father, who was a senior civil servant and an amateur and Dr. Jacques-Joseph Moreau , and many other literary and intellectual figures of the day, to a club dedicated to experimenting with drugs, principally hashishHashish consists of the tetrahydrocannabinol-rich resinous bulbs known as trichomes as well as other minute plant material from the female flowers of the cannabis plant. It is separated from the plant via various sieving methods, cold-water extraction, or, called the Club des HashischinsThe Club des Hashischins (sometimes also spelt Club des Hashishins or Club des Hachichin , was a Parisian society dedicated to the exploration of drug-induced experience, notably with hashish. It was active from about 1844 to 1849 and counted the literary. In an article published in Revue des Deux Mondes in 1846Events January 5 The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom February 5 The Oregon Spectator becomes the first newspaper on the Pacific coast of the United States. February 10 Many Mormons, Gautier detailed their experiments.

He visited SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc in 18401840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 3 One of the predecessor papers to the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh. January 10 Uniform penny postage in the wake of the civil warFor other uses, see Civil War (disambiguation A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state pow then being waged. He made a living from journalism although he found the work 'humiliating', seeking and finding escape in travel and poetry. He is remembered for the quote: "Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."

Theophile Gautier died on October 23, 1872 and was interred in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France.