Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset
Musset painted by Charles Landelle
BornAlfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
(1810-12-11)11 December 1810
Paris, France
Died2 May 1857(1857-05-02) (aged 46)
Paris, France
OccupationPoet, dramatist
Literary movementRomanticism
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Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (French: [alfʁɛd mysɛ]; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century).