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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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Aphrodite: ancient manners

by Pierre Louÿs, Jean-Paul Goujon, Prepared by Pierre Louys; Willis L. Park..., Georges Bess, and Milo Manara First published in 1848 — 142 editions
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The songs of Bilitis

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1894 — 71 editions
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Woman and puppet, etc.

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1898 — 64 editions
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The Adventures of King Pausole

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1900 — 38 editions
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The she devils

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1926 — 18 editions
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Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation

by Pierre Louÿs and Michel Bounan First published in 1928 — 10 editions
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Psyche

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1927 — 8 editions
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Aphrodite: drame musical en 7 tableaux

by Camille Erlanger, Louis de Gramont , and Pierre Louÿs First published in 1905 — 6 editions
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Conchita: opera in four acts (from "La femme et le Pantin," by Pierre Louÿs)

by Riccardo Zandonai and Pierre Louÿs First published in 1911 — 5 editions

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Contes choisis

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1910 — 5 editions
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The Twilight of the Nymphs

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1925 — 5 editions

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Sanguines.

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1903 — 5 editions
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Chansons de Bilitis

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 2013 — 5 editions

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Pybrac

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1994 — 4 editions

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Psyché: roman

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1927 — 4 editions

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Leda: in praise of the blessings of darkness

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1898 — 4 editions

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The collected works of Pierre Louÿs

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1932 — 4 editions
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Oeuvres Érotiques

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1994 — 3 editions

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The collected tales of Pierre Louÿs.

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1930 — 3 editions
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Byblis: Leda, a New Pleasure

by Pierre Louÿs First published in 1901 — 3 editions

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French writer and poet (1870–1925)

Born	1870
Died	1925

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OLID: OL124895A
ISNI: 0000000069227765
IMDb: nm0522223
Library of Congress Names: n79089178
LibriVox: 5982
MusicBrainz: a79ed611-16f1-46c0-af17-a6171a1957e6
Project Gutenberg: 1554
VIAF: 49228364
Wikidata: Q334958
Inventaire.io: wd:Q334958

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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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