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Pierre Louÿs
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French writer and poet (1870–1925)
OverviewAI-generated
Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925) was a French poet, translator, novelist, and diarist. Born in Ghent, he died in Paris and is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery. Writing in French, his literary output included works associated with Parnassianism and Symbolism. Among his notable works is *The Songs of Bilitis*.
Louÿs was a member of the Ligue de la Patrie Française and received the award of Officer of the Legion of Honour. His writings are held in collections such as the National Gallery of Art and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1925
- Works
- 271
Top works
- VERSION DE LAS CANCIONES DE BILITIS
- Poësies
- Une volupté nouvelle
- The songs of Bilitis
- Lêda
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Gent, Belgium
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1870-12-10
- Active to
- 1925-06-06
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 13
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/pierre+lou%C3%BFs">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,889x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 28,250x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,501x
- Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 19,111x
- Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,673x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “He presses me so closely that he will crush me, poor little girl that I am. But when he is within me, I know nothing more in the world, and they might cut off my limbs without recalling me from my ecstasy.”
- ““From the point of view of love, woman is a perfect instrument. From head to foot she is constructed, solely, marvellously, for love. She alone knows how to love. She alone knows how to be loved. Consequently, if a couple of lovers is composed of two women, it is perfect; if there is only one woman, it is only half as good; if there is no woman at all, it is purely idiotic. That is all I have to say.””
- “Human love is to be distinguished from the rut of animals only by two divine functions: the caress and the kiss.”
- “King Pausole dispensed justice from under a cherry tree, for, he was wont to say, that tree gives just as much shade as any other, and has the advantage over the traditional oak that in the summer it bears delightful fruit.”
- “Pausole could not walk, seat himself nor even raise his head without touching a naked sleeper. A suspended net united two and pressed one against the other. Those who were troubled by the heat slept in the shallow pool, and with their heads on the marble border, stretched their legs under the water as far as the central mermaid’s figure: pistil of an open tulip formed by their radiant bodies.”
- “An enormous fig tree let fall its flat leaves and its lilac coloured fruit like a carpet over the balustrade. On the left the park was massed with its magnolias which had already lost their flowers, its shuddering eucalyptus, its squat Japanese palms, its magnificent lunar sago trees. A hedge of aloes hemmed in the dark garden and the plain stretched beyond, to the Stars.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Pierre-Félix Louis , ( 1870-12-10 ) 10 December 1870, Ghent , Belgium
- Died
- 4 June 1925 (1925-06-04) (aged 54), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Pen name
- Pierre Chrysis, Peter Lewys, Chibrac
- Occupation
- novelist , poet
- Language
- French
- Period
- 1891–1925
- Genre
- Erotic literature
- Literary movement
- Symbolism
- Notable works
- Les Chansons de Bilitis
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Pierre Louÿs, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierre-Félix Louÿs ( French: [pjɛʁ lu.is]; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature.
Life
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