Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (born 1848)

Octave Mirbeau

French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)

Octave Henri Marie 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…