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Pierre Louÿs

1870 - 1925

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Pierre-Félix Louÿs (French: [pjɛʁ lu.is]; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Louÿs is the 1,080th most popular writer (up from 1,090th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 137th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Writer.

Pierre Louÿs is most famous for his erotic novel, The Songs of Bilitis.

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Among writers, Pierre Louÿs ranks 1,080 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Pynchon, Bolesław Prus, Michel Tournier, Tavo Burat, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and Edith Wharton. After him are Ibn Sirin, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Dubravka Ugrešić, Yakub Kolas, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Karl-Maria Kertbeny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Pierre Louÿs ranks 31. Before him are Clara Immerwahr, John Boland, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Georgy Gapon, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Major Ritchie. After him are Ernst Barlach, Reginald Lee, D. T. Suzuki, Charlotte Cooper, E. M. Antoniadi, and Louis Vierne. Among people deceased in 1925, Pierre Louÿs ranks 39. Before him are Percy Fawcett, Karl Abraham, Christian Krohg, Robert M. La Follette, Christian Michelsen, and Lovis Corinth. After him are Max Linder, Eugen Sandow, Fritz Haarmann, August von Wassermann, Moritz Moszkowski, and Antti Aarne.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Pierre Louÿs ranks 142 out of 1,190. Before him are Kevin De Bruyne (1991), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Ambiorix (-100), Bavo of Ghent (589), Chantal Akerman (1950), and Charles Michel (1975). After him are Petrus Plancius (1552), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), Marguerite Porete (1250), Chantal Mouffe (1943), Victor D'Hondt (1841), and Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Pierre Louÿs ranks 6. Before him are Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Georges Simenon (1903), Julio Cortázar (1914), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), and Émile Verhaeren (1855). After him are Marguerite Porete (1250), Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), and Victor Serge (1890).

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