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Joris-Karl Huysmans

Died on May 12, 1907

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Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (US:, French:; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (French:, abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel À rebours (1884, published in English as Against the Grain and as Against Nature).

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