Inside, the space was small but busy. There were multiple old signed photos and other memorabilia on the walls. The inside cover of the menu explained that a much-loved French poet, Paul Verlaine, had ...

View Chanson d'Automne (Autumn Song) by Verlaine, (1984) After Rowntree Kenneth; screenprint; 67 x 49.5cms, in frame; Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices ...

June 5, 1944: Closing a BBC broadcast, citizens of Nazi-occupied Europe heard three lines from the Verlaine poem Chanson d’automne: It was the signal to the French Underground: D-Day, the long-awaited ...

Feuille morte. In 1940 this was turned into chanson by Charles Trenet, himself no mean poet. Whether his sung version led to the opening lines being used as a signal to the French Resistance before ...

Dylan Matthews is a senior correspondent and head writer for Vox’s Future Perfect section and has worked at Vox since 2014. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti ...