Élémir Bourges
French writer (1852-1925) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Élémir Bourges was a French novelist. A winner of the Goncourt Prize, he was also a member of the Académie Goncourt. Bourges, who accused the Naturalists of having "belittled and deformed man", was closely linked with the Decadent and Symbolist modes in literature.
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His works, which include the 1884 novel Le Crépuscule des dieux, were informed by both Richard Wagner and the Elizabethan dramatists.
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France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1852 to 1925 · aged 73
