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de Gourmont, Remy

(1858-1915) French author, whose early work resembles that of Henri de Régnier, and in whose Une Nuite au Luxembourg (1906; trans Arthur Ransome as A Night in the Luxembourg 1912) a superior Alien, whose people occupy the Outer Planets, visits Earth briefly and engages in an illuminating conversation with some cultured humans. The Angels of Perversity (coll 1992 trans Brian Stableford as by Francis Amery) is a selection of de Gourmont's short fiction, which inclines to fin-de-siècle Decadence. [JC]

Remy de Gourmont

born Bazoches-au-Holme, Orne, France: 4 April 1858

died Paris: 27 September 1915

works

• Une Nuite au Luxembourg (Paris: Societe dv Mercvre de France, 1906) [binding unknown/]
  • A Night in the Luxembourg (London: Stephen Swift, 1912) [trans by Arthur Ransome of the above: hb/]
• The Angels of Perversity (Sawtry, Cambridgeshire: Dedalus, 1992) [coll: trans by Brian Stableford as by Francis Amery of various stories: pb/David Bird]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 18:51 pm on 19 April 2024.
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