Joris-Karl Huysmans

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French writer human novelist

Joris-Karl Huysmans was a French novelist best known for his decadent and symbolist masterpiece "À rebours" and for his later spiritually focused, Catholic-themed works.

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instanceOf French writer →
human →
novelist →
birthName Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans →
burialPlace Cimetière du Montparnasse →
causeOfDeath cancer of the mouth →
convertedTo Roman Catholicism →
countryOfCitizenship France →
dateOfBirth 1848-02-05 →
dateOfDeath 1907-05-12 →
employer French Ministry of the Interior →
ethnicOrigin Dutch →
familyName Huysmans →
genre Catholic literature →
decadent literature →
symbolist literature →
givenName Charles-Marie-Georges →
influenced Catholic novelists →
decadent literature →
symbolist writers →
influencedBy Gustave Flaubert →
Émile Zola →
languageOfWorkOrName French →
movement Decadent movement →
Naturalism →
Symbolism →
name Joris-Karl Huysmans →
notableIdea transition from naturalism to spiritual Catholic fiction →
notableWork Croquis parisiens →
En route →
La cathédrale →
Les Sœurs Vatard →
Là-bas →
L’Oblat →
Marthe, histoire d’une fille →
À rebours →
occupation art critic →
civil servant →
novelist →
placeOfBirth France →
Paris →
placeOfDeath France →
Paris →
pseudonym Joris-Karl Huysmans →
religion Roman Catholicism →
residence Paris →
sexOrGender male →
workPeriod 19th century →
early 20th century →
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