In a few months, we will celebrate the 170th anniversary of the birth of the poet with the angelic pout, Arthur Rimbaud. For his hometown, Charleville-Mézières, the gift arrived early this year. Mayor Boris Ravignon eagerly opened his X account to announce the happy news in an agitated tweet. A very generous patron donated two handwritten letters signed Rimbaud and a poem copied by his lover and colleague, Paul Verlaine. What makes the story even more mysterious is that the donor wanted his identity to be kept secret. An individual whose quality is not only his altruism, but also his modesty!

Motus and tight-lipped, the collector who sold his precious treasures to our charming stranger at a value of 280,000 euros, affirmed on France Bleue that the latter was a great celebrity. The secret makes you squeal and boil. We would have to go through the stars one by one, ousting the less fortunate, the most stingy and the most disinterested from the literary heritage to draw up the outline of a robot portrait. But despite this first visit to the refinery, the purification work would remain too important. Mystery and gumdrop, we twiddle our thumbs and put aside the darkness to fully immerse ourselves in the content of these new riches. The first letter dates from 1883 and was written in Yemen. The other from 1891 and it was written in Marseille. She is also very sad. Written five months before the disappearance of our young hero, it translates the moods of Arthur Rimbaud and the existential crisis he goes through at the dawn of death. “Finally, our life is misery, endless misery! Why do we exist?"

These letters will soon be accessible to all since the Carolomacerians plan to exhibit them behind the windows of their beloved Rimbaud museum. This is the latest news that has moved Charleville and all of France.