Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Auguste-Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam
Born	November 7, 1838 • Saint-Brieuc • France
Died	August 19, 1889 (aged 50) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Axël” • “Cruel Tales”
Movement / Style	Symbolism

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Auguste, comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, drawing by Paterne Berrichon.

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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

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Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832

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Aymé, 1967

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Jules Lemaître

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Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

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Jarry, drawing by F.A. Cazals, 1897

Alfred Jarry

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Jean Moréas.

Jean Moréas

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Samuel Beckett, 1965

Samuel Beckett

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Graham Greene, 1982

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Paul Willems

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