Jean Lorrain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Lorrain

French Symbolist poet and novelist

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1855

Place of Birth: Fécamp, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1906

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, journalist, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jean Lorrain (9 August 1855 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime – 30 June 1906), born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school. Lorrain was a dedicated disciple of dandyism and spent much of his time amongst the fashionable artistic circles in France, particularly in the cafés and bars of Montmartre.He contributed to the satirical weekly Le Courrier français, and wrote a number of collections of verse, including La forêt bleue (1883) and L'ombre ardente, (1897).
He is also remembered for his Decadent novels and short stories, such as Monsieur de Phocas (1901), Monsieur de Bougrelon (1897), and Histoires des masques (1900), as well as for one of his best stories, Sonyeuse, which he linked to portraits exhibited by Antonio de La Gándara in 1893.
He also wrote the libretto to Pierre de Bréville's opera Éros vainqueur (1910). Manuel Orazi Illustrated his Novella Ma petite ville in 1989.Lorrain was openly gay, often citing ancient Greece as noble heritage for homosexuality and became colloquially known as 'The Ambassador from Sodom'.