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Pierre Louÿs

1870 - 1925

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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  • Cover of: Aphrodite: ancient manners

    First published in 1848 108 editions in 10 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition afroditaromanant0000louy Cover of edition husnkdev0000louy Cover of edition aphroditeancient00lou
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  • Cover of: The songs of Bilitis

    First published in 1894 71 editions in 9 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition cu31924027457880 Cover of edition leschansonsdebi00lougoog
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  • Cover of: Woman and puppet, etc.

    First published in 1898 64 editions in 5 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition womanpuppetetc00louy Cover of edition lafemmeetlepant00dedigoog Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_o6w2 Cover of edition womanpuppetlafem0000louy Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_p6o7 Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy_g1p2 Cover of edition femmeetlepantin0000pier Cover of edition lafemmeetlepanti0000louy
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    First published in 1900 35 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The she devils

    First published in 1926 18 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles à l'usage des maisons d'éducation

    First published in 1928 10 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1927 8 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Contes choisis

    First published in 1910 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Twilight of the Nymphs

    First published in 1925 5 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Sanguines.

    First published in 1903 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Psyché, roman: suivi de La fin de Psyché

    First published in 1927 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The collected works of Pierre Louÿs

    First published in 1932 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Leda: in praise of the blessings of darkness

    First published in 1898 4 editions in 2 languages
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    First published in 1994 4 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Conchita: opera in four acts (from "La femme et le Pantin," by Pierre Louÿs)

    First published in 1912 3 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Byblis: Leda, A new pleasure

    First published in 1901 3 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Oeuvre érotique

    First published in 1994 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The collected tales of Pierre Louÿs.

    First published in 1930 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Archipel : Ce Recueil Rassemble Plusieurs Articles et Contes: la Nuit de Printemps; l'île Mystérieuse; les Chercheurs de Trésors; une Fête à Alexandrie; Sports Antiques; Lesbos d'aujourd'hui; la Femme Dans la Poésie Arabe; la désespérée; Etc

    First published in 1906 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, French Erotic literature, Correspondence, Fiction, erotica, general, French Authors, Translations into English, Lesbians, French Erotic poetry, Poetry, Authors, French, Diaries, Erotic literature, French, Control (Psychology), Erotic poetry, Erotic stories, French, Erotica, French Erotic stories, French Historical fiction, French poetry, Greek Mythology, History, Manipulative behavior, Masochism, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Rare books
Places
Alexandria (Egypt), Egypt, France, Greece, Alexandria, Andalusia (Spain), 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), 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, 332-30 B.C., 1870-1925, 1900, Ancient Times

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Alternative names

  • Pierre Louys
  • Pierre Louis
  • Pierre Louÿs
  • Pierre Louýs
  • Pierre Loüys

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April 18, 2011 Edited by Lestevenon Edited without comment.
August 27, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Western Washington University MARC record.