Hugues Rebell
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Georges Grassal de Choffat or Hugues Rebell (27 October 1867, Nantes
- 6 March 1905, Paris
) was a French
author. He wrote against Christianity and professed paganism while remaining a Catholic. An exponent of Friedrich Nietzsche
, he was associated with .
Rebell wrote a number of pornographic works under the group pseudonym "Jean de Villiot", a prolific contributor to early 20th century French spanking literature
, published by Charles Carrington
.
Rebell is often dismissed as a failed author of pornography, remembered for only one title, (1902), which won the Prix Nocturne
in 1966. He was also a poet, whose , dedicated to his friend René Boylesve, inspired André Gide
in . He was also known as a polemicist of royalty because of his (1894), which treated the three aristocracies based on family name, money, and talent.
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
- 6 March 1905, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) was a French
French people
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author. He wrote against Christianity and professed paganism while remaining a Catholic. An exponent of Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
, he was associated with .
Rebell wrote a number of pornographic works under the group pseudonym "Jean de Villiot", a prolific contributor to early 20th century French spanking literature
Early 20th century French spanking literature
Spanking literature refers to the genre of fiction, also known as flagellation, and a subset of sadomasochist literature. Spanking literature reached its "golden age" in the early 20th century in France and lasted nearly forty years...
, published by Charles Carrington
Charles Carrington
Charles Carrington was a leading British publisher of erotica in late-19th and early 20th century Europe. Born Paul Harry Ferdinando in Bethnal Green, England on 11 November 1867, he moved in 1895 from London to Paris where he published and sold books in the rue Faubourg Montmartre and rue de...
.
Rebell is often dismissed as a failed author of pornography, remembered for only one title, (1902), which won the Prix Nocturne
Prix Nocturne
The Prix Nocturne is a French literary prize founded in 1962 by Roland Stragliati and revived in 2006 by the review "Le nouvel Attila".. It is awarded each November to recognise fantastic or unusual works.-Winners:...
in 1966. He was also a poet, whose , dedicated to his friend René Boylesve, inspired André Gide
André Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide...
in . He was also known as a polemicist of royalty because of his (1894), which treated the three aristocracies based on family name, money, and talent.
Sources
- Marius Boisson, Hugues Rebell, intime, Paris, Seheur, 1930.
- Hubert Juin, Écrivains de l’avant-siècle, Paris, Seghers, 1972.
- Thierry Rodange, Le diable quitte la table ou La vie passionnée d'Hugues Rebell, Paris, Mercure de France, 1994.