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Joris Karl Huysmans

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic who was one of the founders of the Decadent Movement in France. His most famous novel Against Nature ( A rebours ) was a foundational novel of the Decadent Movement in France. He also wrote novels in the Naturalist tradition of Emile Zola, including Marthe, Histoire d'une fille , Les Soeurs Vatard , and En menage and poetry inspired by Baudelaire's work.