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Jean Lorrain

Jean Lorrain (1855-1906), born Paul Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school.

Lorrain was a dedicated disciple of dandyism[?], and (for the times) openly homosexual. Lorrain wrote a number of collections of verse, including La forêt bleue (1887) and L'ombre ardente, (1892). He is also remembered for his decadent novels and short stories, such as Monsieur de Phocas (1901) and Histoires des masques (1900).

External links

Poems by Jean Lorrain (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/lorrain
Short stories by Jean Lorrain (in French): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bib_lisieux/lorrain.htm

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