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Octave Mirbeau

Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1917)

Octave Mirbeau was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into 30 languages.

16 February 1848

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