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Pierre Louÿs

Pierre Louÿs, pseudonym of Pierre Louis (born Dec. 10, 1870, Ghent, Belgium—died June 4, 1925, Paris, France), French novelist and poet whose merit and limitation were to express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection.

Louÿs frequented Parnassian and Symbolist circles and was a friend of the composer Claude Debussy. He founded short-lived literary reviews, notably La Conque (1891). His Chansons de Bilitis (1894), prose poems about Sapphic love, purporting to be translations from the Greek, deceived even experts. Aphrodite (1896), a novel depicting courtesan life in ancient Alexandria, made him famous. His best novel is La Femme et le pantin (1898; Woman and Puppet), which is set in Spain. Louÿs’s popularity, which rested more on his eroticism than on purely aesthetic grounds, has faded.
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French writer and poet (1870–1925)

Born 1870
Died 1925

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  • Cover of: Aphrodite: ancient manners
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    Cover of edition aphroditeancient00lou Cover of edition afroditaromanant0000louy Cover of edition husnkdev0000louy Cover of edition aphrodite0000pier_v3i9 First published in 1848 — 142 editions
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  • Cover of: The songs of Bilitis
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    Cover of edition cu31924027457880 Cover of edition leschansonsdebi00lougoog First published in 1894 — 71 editions
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  • Cover of: Woman and puppet, etc.
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    Cover of edition womanpuppetetc00louy Cover of edition lafemmeetlepant00dedigoog Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_g1p2 Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_o6w2 Cover of edition womanpuppetlafem0000louy Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_p6o7 Cover of edition femmeetlepantin0000pier First published in 1898 — 64 editions
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  • Cover of: The Adventures of King Pausole
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    Cover of edition adventuresofking0000pier First published in 1900 — 38 editions
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  • Cover of: The she devils
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    First published in 1926 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation
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    First published in 1928 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Psyche
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    First published in 1927 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Aphrodite: drame musical en 7 tableaux
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    First published in 1905 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Chansons de Bilitis

    First published in 2013 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Twilight of the Nymphs

    First published in 1925 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Sanguines.
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    First published in 1903 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Contes choisis
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    First published in 1910 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Conchita: opera in four acts (from "La femme et le Pantin," by Pierre Louÿs)

    First published in 1911 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Pybrac

    First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Psyché: roman

    First published in 1927 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Leda: in praise of the blessings of darkness

    First published in 1898 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The collected works of Pierre Louÿs
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    Cover of edition collectedworksof0000pier First published in 1932 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Archipel

    First published in 2014 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: La Femme et le Pantin

    First published in 1896 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Byblis: Leda, A new pleasure

    First published in 1901 — 3 editions
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French writer and poet (1870–1925)

Born 1870
Died 1925

Subjects

Correspondence, Fiction, erotica, general, French Erotic literature, Fiction, French Authors, Translations into English, French Erotic poetry, Lesbians, Poetry, Authors, French, Control (Psychology), Diaries, Erotic literature, Erotic literature, French, Erotica, Manipulative behavior, Masochism, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Relationship addiction, BDSM, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Description and travel, Erotic Photography, Erotic poetry, Erotic stories, French

Places

Alexandria (Egypt), Egypt, France, Greece, Alexandria, Andalusia (Spain), Frankrig, Sevilla

People

Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925), Georges Louis (1847-1917), Henri de Régnier (1864-1936), Jean Cassou (1897-), Curnonsky (1873-1956), Georges Louis, Gérard d' Houville (1875-1963), Jean de Tinan (1874-1898), Jinfa Li (1900-1976), Maurice Quillot, Natalie Clifford Barney, Pierre Loüys (1870-1925), Pierre de Montera, Renée Vivien (1877-1909), Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1870-1925, 1900, 332 B.C.-30 B.C., 332-30 B.C., Ancient Times

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Alternative names

  • Pierre Louy s
  • Louys Pierre
  • Pierre LOUYS
  • Pierre Louys
  • Pierre Louÿs
  • Pierre Louýs
  • LOUYS PIERRE
  • pierre louys
  • LOUYS,PIERRE
  • PIERRE LOUYS
  • Pierre Loüys
  • Pierre Pierre Louÿs
  • Pierre Pierre Louys
  • Pierre Louis
  • Pierre Louÿs
  • Pierre Loüys
  • P. Louys
  • Peirre LOUYS

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