Lucien Descaves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucien Descaves

French novelist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1861

Place of Birth: 14th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1949

Profession: writer, playwright, journalist, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lucien Descaves (18 March 1861 – 6 September 1949) was a French novelist. Descaves was born in Paris.
A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers, his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs (1889) provoked a scandal.
Though acquitted of charges of offending the army and public morality, Descaves was stripped of his military rank.