Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last updated

Oct. 29, 2026

Facts

Also Known As	le Connétable des Lettres
Born	November 2, 1808 • France
Died	April 23, 1889 (aged 80) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Le Chevalier des Touches” • “Un Prêtre marié” • “Weird Women”

Photos

Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, detail of an oil painting by Émile Lévy, 1881; in the National Museum of the Chateau of Versailles, France.

See All Images →

Théophile Gautier

French author

Jules Lemaître

French critic and dramatist

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

Jean-François Marmontel

French author

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Wyndham Lewis

British artist and writer

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

French author

Émile Erckmann

French author

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Stendhal

French author

Honoré de Balzac

French author

Black and white portrait of French novelist Emile Zola with glasses, a full beard, and mustache, wearing a suit and looking to the side.

Émile Zola

French author

Gustave Flaubert

French author

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

Marcel Proust

French writer

Guy de Maupassant

French writer

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly: Quick Facts

Facts

Photos

Related Biographies

Thank you for signing up!