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Joris-Karl Huysmans

1848 - 1907

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Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (US: , French: [ʃaʁl maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ɥismɑ̃s]; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (French: [ʒɔʁis kaʁl -], abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel À rebours (1884, published in English as Against the Grain and as Against Nature). He supported himself by way of a 30-year career in the French civil service. Huysmans's work is considered remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, large vocabulary, descriptions, satirical wit and far-ranging erudition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joris-Karl Huysmans is the 487th most popular writer (down from 472nd in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from France (down from 558th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Writer.

Joris-Karl Huysmans is most famous for his book A Rebours, which is also translated as Against the Grain. It was published in 1884 and is considered to be one of the first examples of the Decadent movement.

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Among writers, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 487 out of 7,302. Before him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Edward Said, Comte de Lautréamont, José Martí, René Guénon, and Romain Gary. After him are Ivan Bunin, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Louise Glück, Phaedrus, Alfred Döblin, and Yevgeny Zamyatin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 9. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, Raja Ravi Varma, Otto of Bavaria, Johann Palisa, and Otto Lilienthal. After him are Gustave Caillebotte, Hugo de Vries, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Arthur Balfour, and Tōgō Heihachirō. Among people deceased in 1907, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 10. Before him are Klara Hitler, Sully Prudhomme, Oscar II of Sweden, Henri Moissan, Giosuè Carducci, and Asaph Hall. After him are Hector Malot, Alfred Jarry, Kato Svanidze, Marcellin Berthelot, Pierre Janssen, and Jean Casimir-Perier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 581 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Marius Petipa (1818), René Guénon (1886), Ambroise Paré (1510), Isabelle Adjani (1955), and France Gall (1947). After him are Carlos Gardel (1890), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Gaston Bachelard (1884), Yves Klein (1928), Roger Guillemin (1924), and Mireille Darc (1938).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Joris-Karl Huysmans ranks 82. Before him are Henri Barbusse (1873), Louis Aragon (1897), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Françoise Sagan (1935), André Maurois (1885), and René Guénon (1886). After him are Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Paul Claudel (1868), Hector Malot (1830), Boris Vian (1920), Jules Michelet (1798), and Pierre de Ronsard (1524).

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