Editing Arthur Rimbaud (section)

=== Sickness and death (1891) ===
[[File:Rimbaud - tombe à Charleville.jpg|thumb|right|Rimbaud's grave in Charleville. The inscription reads ''Priez pour lui'' ("Pray for him").]]
In February 1891, in Aden, Rimbaud developed what he initially thought was [[arthritis]] in his right [[knee]].{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=418–419}} It failed to respond to treatment, and by March had become so painful that he prepared to return to France for better treatment.{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=418–419}} Before leaving, Rimbaud consulted a British doctor who mistakenly diagnosed tubercular [[synovitis]], and recommended immediate [[amputation]].{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=422–424}} Rimbaud remained in Aden until 7 May to set his financial affairs in order, then caught a steamer, ''L'Amazone'', back to France for a 13-day voyage.{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=422–424}} On arrival in [[Marseille]], he was admitted to the Hôpital de la Conception, where, a week later on 27 May, his right leg was amputated.{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=425–426}} The post-operative diagnosis was [[bone cancer]]—probably [[osteosarcoma]].{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=422–424}}

After a short stay at the family farm in [[Chuffilly-Roche|Roche]], from 23 July to 23 August,{{sfn|Nicholl|1999|pp=298–302}} he attempted to travel back to [[Africa]], but on the way his health deteriorated, and he was re-admitted to the Hôpital de la Conception in Marseille. He spent some time there in great pain, attended by his sister Isabelle. He received the [[last rites]] from a priest before dying on 10 November 1891, at the age of 37. The remains were sent across France to his home town and he was buried in Charleville-Mézières.{{sfn|Robb|2000|pp=440–441}} On the 100th anniversary of Rimbaud's birth, [[Thomas Bernhard]] delivered a memorial lecture on Rimbaud and described his end:

{{blockquote|"On November 10, at two o'clock in the afternoon, he was dead," noted his sister Isabelle. The priest, shaken by so much reverence for God, administered the last rites. "I have never seen such strong faith," he said. Thanks to Isabelle, Rimbaud was brought to Charleville and buried in its cemetery with great pomp. He still lies there, next to his sister Vitalie, beneath a simple marble monument.<ref>Bernhard, T., [http://www.thebaffler.com/ancestors/jean-arthur-rimbaud "Jean-Arthur Rimbaud"], ''[[The Baffler]]'', Nr. 22, pp. 148–156, April 2013.</ref>{{rp|148–156}}}}