Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

1808 - 1889

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Movement: literary realism, Frenetická literatura, supernatural, dandy

Country of citizenship: France

Native language: French

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Educated at: Collège Stanislas de Paris, University of Caen Normandy

Occupation: journalist, essayist, novelist, poet, literary critic, writer, historian

Influenced by: Honoré de Balzac, Lord Byron, Joseph de Maistre

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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (2 November 1808 – 23 April 1889) 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, and Marcel Proust. Source: Wikipedia (en)