Léon Bloy

1846 - 1917

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Genre: novel, polemical lampoon, diary, short story

Country of citizenship: France

Native language: French

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Occupation: writer, essayist, diarist, poet

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Léon Bloy (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ blwa]; 11 July 1846 – 3 November 1917) was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer (or lampoonist), and satirist, known additionally for his eventual (and passionate) defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French Catholic circles. Source: Wikipedia (en)