Pierre Louÿs

Originating from Ghent, Belgium, Pierre-Félix Louÿs moved to France and studied at the École Alsacienne in Paris, where his early friendships with André Gide and Oscar Wilde shaped his literary path. He entered the Parisian scene in the early 1890s with the erotic verse collection Astarte and quickly gained notoriety for Les Chansons de Bilitis (1894), a faux-translation of a supposed ancient Gree… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources