Pierre Louÿs(1870-1925)
- Writer
Louÿs' refined evocations, not to say re-inventions, of the society of
Hellenistic Greece proved extremely popular in both France and the
English speaking world, especially due to the somewhat risque nature of
such works as Aphrodite (1896) and Les Chansons de Bilitis (1894). He
lived his entire life in Paris, travelling occasionally around the
Mediterranean coast where so many of his works of art were set. He had
close friends among the writers of his day but otherwise kept among
himself rather apart from literary cliques except for that of
Mallarme.
