Bugün öğrendim ki: Fransa'nın en etkili şairlerinden Charles Baudelaire'in ironik bir şekilde hayatının son yılını felç nedeniyle afazi ile geçirdiğine göre, kendini hala ifade edebildiği tek kelime "kutsal bok!" anlamına gelen "crénom!" idi.

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Charles Baudelaire, the 19th-century French poet, coined the word “modernity.” But he went from word creator to aphasia after a massive stroke in 1866, which left him paralyzed and unable to speak during the final year of his life. We've been profiling well-known people with aphasia, including [Ralph Waldo Emerson](http://www.aphasia.org/stories/ralph-waldo-emerson-aphasia/) and [Gabby Giffords](http://www.aphasia.org/stories/ralph-waldo-emerson-aphasia/) www.aphasia.org/stories/aphasia-gabby-giffords/). Aphasia can affect anyone; even poetic writers and deep thinkers.