Гюисманс, Жорис-Карл

Joris K. Huysmans AKA Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans France 1848 – 1907 Teachers: Abbé Boullan; influenced by Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Schopenhauer; Emile Zola; Students: Oscar Wilde; Peter Haining; Friends: Henri Antoine Jules-Bois Enemies: Stanislas de Guaita Organizations: Author: Marthe, Histoire d'une fille (1876); Les Soeurs Vatard; À rebours ("Against the Grain") (1884); Là-Bas (or "Down There") (1891); Comments: anti-Satanist, sort of... Decadent literature Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joris_K._Huysmans; "Declining in Style: J.K. Huysmans and the Bible (and travel guide, and decorating manual) of Decadence" by Marc Katz (Article published in the Believer Magazine): http://www.believermag.com/issues/201109/?read=article_katz ; listen to Against The Grain, or Against Nature here - http://librivox.org/against-the-grain-or-against-nature-by-joris-karl-huysmans/ ;