About Élémir Bourges
Lived 1852 – 1925 (aged 73). Élémir Bourges was a French writer, journalist and theatre critic.
Élémir Bourges (; 26 March 1852, Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 13 November 1925) was a French novelist. A winner of the Goncourt Prize, he was also a member of the Académie Goncourt. Bourges, who accused the Naturalists of having "belittled and deformed man", was closely linked with the Decadent and Symbolist modes in literature. His works, which include the 1884 novel Le Crépuscule des dieux ("the Twilight of the Gods"), were informed by both Richard Wagner and the Elizabethan dramatists.
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Who was Élémir Bourges?
French writer (1852-1925)
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Élémir Bourges was born on 26 March 1852 in Manosque.
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Élémir Bourges died on 13 November 1925 in Auteuil.
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Élémir Bourges was a writer, journalist and theatre critic.
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Élémir Bourges was French.
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