Élémir Bourges

Novelist, Author

1852 – 1925

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Who was Élémir Bourges?

Élémir Bourges was a French novelist. A winner of the Goncourt Prize, he was also a member of the Académie Goncourt. Bourges, who accused the Naturalists of having "belittled and deformed man", was closely linked with the Decadent and Symbolist modes in literature. His works, which include the 1884 novel Le Crépuscule des dieux, were informed by both Richard Wagner and the Elizabethan dramatists.

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Born
Mar 26, 1852
Manosque
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Nov 13, 1925

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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