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Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

French writer (1808-1889) · France · Writers · Died at 80

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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural.

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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James, Léon Bloy, Marcel Proust and Carmelo Bene.

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France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1808 to 1889 · aged 80

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