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Octave Mirbeau
AuthorBooks · Second hand1848-1917
Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into 30 languages.
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About Octave Mirbeau
Birth
1848
Death
1917
First book
1873
Years writing
40
Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into 30 languages.
Octave Mirbeau was born and died on the same day, February 16, marking exactly 69 years of life.
He was a key figure of the artistic avant-garde, standing out as an influential art critic of his time.
His most famous work, The Diary of a Chambermaid, is an essential reference in French literature.
Beyond being a novelist and playwright, he was a renowned journalist and pamphleteer with anarchist views.
His prolific literary output has been translated into thirty languages, cementing his international success.
