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Robert de Montesquiou

1855 - 1921

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Marie Joseph Robert Anatole, comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac (19 March 1855, Paris – 11 December 1921, Menton) was a French aesthete, Symbolist poet, painter, art collector, art interpreter, and dandy. He is reputed to have been the inspiration both for Jean des Esseintes in Joris-Karl Huysmans' À rebours (1884) and, most famously, for the Baron de Charlus in Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–1927). In his play Chantecler, Edmond Rostand is said to have caricatured Montesquiou as the Peacock, 'Prince of the unexpected adjective.'" Some believe that he may have been an inspiration for the character Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert de Montesquiou is the 1,376th most popular writer (down from 1,354th in 2019), the 1,580th most popular biography from France (down from 1,564th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,376 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Pahor, Georg Kaiser, Pío Baroja, Ignazio Silone, Albert Barillé, and Alexander Afanasyev. After him are Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Sławomir Mrożek, Jean Chapelain, Deepak Chopra, and Arsen Kotsoyev.

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Among people born in 1855, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 23. Before him are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Paul-Jacques Curie, Georges Rodenbach, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ned Kelly, and Anatoly Lyadov. After him are Živojin Mišić, Guido Adler, Louis de Beaufront, Vlaho Bukovac, Axel Paulsen, and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Among people deceased in 1921, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 34. Before him are Hermann Schwarz, Karl von Bülow, Oscar Montelius, Georges Feydeau, Ivan Vazov, and Yan Fu. After him are Fernand Khnopff, Hara Takashi, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Živojin Mišić, and Vladimir Korolenko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 1,580 out of 6,770. Before him are Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Michel Serres (1930), Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1609), and Georges Picquart (1854). After him are Victorinus (300), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Jean Chapelain (1595), Nicolas de Largillière (1656), and Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Robert de Montesquiou ranks 193. Before him are Jean Giono (1895), Maurice Barrès (1862), Georges Feydeau (1862), Henri Murger (1822), Paul Scarron (1610), and Honoré d'Urfé (1567). After him are Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Jean Chapelain (1595), Roland Topor (1938), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), and Roger Caillois (1913).

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