About Auguste Brancart
Lived 1851 – 1894 (aged 42–43). Auguste Brancart was a Belgian publisher.
August or Auguste Brancart (21 July 1851 – 1894?) was a Belgian publisher of pornographic literature, credited with the first publication of My Secret Life. He published translations of English pornography into French and vice versa for English publishers such as Edward Avery. He also published work of the Decadent movement such as Monsieur Vénus by Rachilde.
He was already under investigation by the police in 1885, 1886 and 1888 and moved to Antwerp in 1894: in 1895 another police dossier was compiled.
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Who was Auguste Brancart?
Belgian publisher
When was Auguste Brancart born?
Auguste Brancart was born on 21 July 1851.
When did Auguste Brancart die?
Auguste Brancart died in 1894.
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Auguste Brancart was a publisher.
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Auguste Brancart was Belgian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Auguste Brancart. https://biography.guide/auguste-brancart/
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