Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (born 1848)

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French novelist and art critic (1848–1907)

Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. He is most famous for the novel À rebours. He supported himself by way of a 30-year career in the French civil service.