Robert de Montesquiou
Sign in to saveAlso known as Comte de Montesquiou Robert, Robert Montesquiou, Robert, Comte de Montesquiou, Comte De Montesquiou-Fezensac, Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, Robert Montesquiou-Fezensac, Robert, Comte de Montesquiou-Fezensac
French writer (1855–1921)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Poésies de Robert de Montesquiou
- Diptyque de Flandre / Triptyque de France
- Les offrandes blessées
- Professeur de beauté
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1855-03-07
- Active to
- 1921-12-11
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 11
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Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) was a French Symbolist poet, aesthete, art collector, essayist, writer, biographer, painter, socialite and dandy. His best known book of poetry is Les Chauves-souris. He is mostly remembered for being the inspiration for the characters Des Esseintes and the Baron de Charlus in Huysman's À rebours and Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, respectively, and he is immortalized in portraits by Whistler and Boldini. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+de+Mont
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Menton
- Occupation
- art collector
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 1900 Summer Olympics
- Noble title
- count
- Field of work
- French literature
- Sport
- horse racing
- Image
- Robert de Monttesquiou 1895.jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert de Montesquiou
- date of birth
- 1855-03-19
- place of burial
- Cimetière des Gonards
- date of death
- 1921-12-11
- Commons gallery
- Robert de Montesquiou
- name in native language
- Robert de Montesquiou
- ethnic group
- French
- writing language
- French
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- birth name
- Marie Joseph Anatole Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac
- start of work period
- 1892-00-00
- end of work period
- 1921-00-00
- depicted by
- Portrait of Robert de Montesquiou
Sources (2)
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