Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (died 1855)

Gérard de Nerval

French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)

Gérard de Nerval, the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, was a French essayist, poet, translator, and travel writer. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection…