Pierre Louÿs (1870 - 1925) - photo 1

Pierre Louÿs

Pierre Louÿs, real name Pierre Félix Louis, was a French poet and writer.

He specialized in erotic and ancient themes in the Art Nouveau style. Louÿs's most famous work is The Songs of Bilitis. It is a collection of erotic poetry with strongly lesbian themes, written in the manner of Sappho. Although Louÿs claimed that these poems had a Greek source, this ultimately proved to be a hoax.

Date and place of birt:10 december 1870, Gent, Belgium
Date and place of death:6 june 1925, Paris, France
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Poet, Writer
Art style:Modern art

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