Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
French writer (1808–1889) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (2 November 1808 – 23 April 1889) was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James, Leon Bloy, and Marcel Proust.
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Born | Jules Amédée Barbey (1808-11-02)2 November 1808 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France |
Died | 23 April 1889(1889-04-23) (aged 80) Paris, France |
Resting place | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |
Occupation | Novelist, essayist, critic |
Period | 1825–1889 |
Literary movement | Realism, Decadence, "Dandyism" |
Notable works | Les Diaboliques |
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