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Laurent Tailhade

Laurent Tailhade (French: [lɔʁɑ̃ tajad]; April 16, 1854, Tarbes – November 1, 1919, Combes-la-Ville) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. In April 1894, Tailhade was injured in the Foyot bombing in Paris while he was having dinner with his partner, Julia Miahle, in a restaurant. The bomb was hidden in a flower pot and placed on the windowsill near them. Tailhade lost an eye in the bombing and needed weeks of recovery.