Jean Lorrain
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Born |
Paul Alexandre Martin Duval 9 August 1855 Fécamp, France |
Died |
30 June 1906 50) Fécamp, France | (aged
Resting place | Cimetière de Fécamp (Fécamp), Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie Region, France |
Occupation | Poet and novelist |
Nationality | French |
Notable works |
Monsieur de Phocas Princesses d'ivoire et d'ivresse Histoires de masques |
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Signature |
French literature |
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French literary history |
French writers |
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Jean Lorrain (9 August 1855 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime – 30 June 1906), born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school.
Lorrain was openly gay and a dedicated disciple of dandyism. He contributed to the satirical weekly Le Courrier français, and wrote a number of collections of verse, including La forêt bleue (1883) and L'ombre ardente, (1897). He is also remembered for his Decadent novels and short stories, such as Monsieur de Phocas (1901), Monsieur de Bougrelon (1897), and Histoires des masques (1900), as well as for one of his best stories, Sonyeuse, which he linked to portraits exhibited by Antonio de La Gándara in 1893. He also wrote the libretto to Pierre de Bréville's opera Éros vainqueur (1910).
Duel
During his life, Marcel Proust never openly admitted to his homosexuality, though his family and close friends either knew or suspected it. In 1897, he even fought a duel with Lorrain, who had publicly questioned the nature of Proust's relationship with Lucien Daudet. (Both duelists survived.)[1] Despite Proust's own public denial, his romantic relationship with composer Reynaldo Hahn,[2] and his infatuation with his chauffeur and secretary, Alfred Agostinelli, are well documented.[3]
Works
Poetry
- Le Sang des dieux (1882)
- La Forêt bleue (1882)
- Modernités (1885)
- Les Griseries (1887)
- L'Ombre ardente (1897)[4]
Novels
- Les Lépillier (1885 et 1908)[5]
- Très russe (1886)
- Un démoniaque (1895)
- Monsieur de Bougrelon (1897)
- La Dame turque (1898)
- Monsieur de Phocas (1901)[6]
- Le Vice errant (1901)[7]
- La Maison Philibert (1904), adaptée par José de Bérys, Noré Brunel et Georges Normandy et représentée sur la scène du Moulin de la Chanson à Paris en février 1932.
- Madame Monpalou (1906)
- Ellen (1906)
- Le Tétreau Bosc (1906), Le Livre Moderne Illustré n° 354 (1941)
- L'Aryenne (1907)[8]
- Maison pour dames (1908)[9]
- Hélie, garçon d'hôtel (1908)[10]
Novellas
- Sonyeuse (1891)[11]
- Buveurs d'âmes (1893)
- La Princesse sous verre (1896)
- Âmes d'automne (1897)
- Loreley (1897)
- Contes pour lire à la chandelle (1897)
- Ma petite ville (1898)
- Princesses d'Italie (1898)
- Histoires de masques (1900)[12]
- Princesses d'ivoire et d'ivresse (1902)
- Vingt femmes (1903)
- Quelques hommes (1903)
- La Mandragore (1903)[13]
- Fards et poisons (1904)[14]
- Propos d'âmes simples (1904)
- L'École des vieilles femmes (1905)
- Le Crime des riches (1906)[15]
- Narkiss (1909)
- Les Pelléastres (1910)
Stage
- Viviane, conte en 1 acte (1885)[16]
- Très russe, pièce en 3 actes, avec Oscar Méténier, Paris, Théâtre d'Application (La Bodinière), 3 mai 1893
- Yanthis, comédie en 4 actes, en vers (1894)[17]
- Prométhée, avec André-Ferdinand Hérold (1900)
- Neigilde (1902)
- Clair de lune, drame en un acte et deux tableaux, avec Fabrice Delphi, Paris, Concert de l'Époque, 17 décembre 1903
- Deux heures du matin, quartier Marbeuf, avec Gustave Coquiot (1904)
- 1904 : Sainte-Roulette de Jean Lorrain et Gustave Coquiot, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
- Hôtel de l'Ouest, chambre 22, avec Gustave Coquiot (1905)
- Théâtre : Brocéliandre, Yanthis, La Mandragore, Ennoïa (1906)
Chronicles and travel writing
- Dans l'oratoire (1888)
- La Petite Classe (1895)
- Sensations et souvenirs (1895)[18]
- Une femme par jour (1896)[19]
- Poussières de Paris (1896–1902)[20]
- Madame Baringhel (1899)
- Heures d'Afrique (1899)[21]
- Heures de Corse (1905)[22]
- La Ville empoisonnée (1930)
- Femmes de 1900 (1932)
- Voyages, (2009), Les Promeneurs solitaires, préface de Sébastien Paré.
Books in English
- Monsieur de Phocas, Dedalus Books (1994) ISBN 978-1873982150
- Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker (translation of Sensations et souvenirs, with additional material, by Brian Stableford), Snuggly Books (2016) ISBN 978-1-943813-02-5
- The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies (includes translations of Sonyeuse, La Mandragore, La Princesse sous verre, with additional material, by Brian Stableford), Snuggly Books (2016) ISBN 978-1-943813-09-4
- Monsieur de Bougrelon, translated and with an afterword by Eva Richter, Spurl Editions (2016) ISBN 978-1-943679-03-4
Notes
- ↑ Hall, Sean Charles (February 12, 2012). "Dueling Dandies: How Men Of Style Displayed a Blasé Demeanor In the Face of Death". Dandyism.
- ↑ Carter, William C. (2006), Proust in Love, Yale University Press, pp. 31–5, ISBN 0-300-10812-5
- ↑ Whitaker, Rick (June 1, 2000). "Proust's dearest pleasures: The best of a slew of recent biographies points to the author's conscious self-closeting". Salon.
- ↑ Lorrain, Jean (1897). L'Ombre ardente (online text ed.). gallica.bnf.fr.
- ↑ Les Lépillier (1885 et 1908), online text
- ↑ Monsieur de Phocas (1901), online text
- ↑ Le Vice errant (1901), online text
- ↑ L'Aryenne (1907), online text
- ↑ Maison pour dames (1908), online text
- ↑ 'Hélie, garçon d'hôtel (1908), online text
- ↑ Sonyeuse (1891), online text
- ↑ Histoires de masques (1900), online text
- ↑ La Mandragore (1903), online text
- ↑ Fards et poisons (1904), online text
- ↑ Le Crime des riches (1906), online text
- ↑ Viviane, conte en 1 acte (1885), online text
- ↑ Yanthis, comédie en 4 actes, en vers (1894), online text
- ↑ Sensations et souvenirs (1895), online text
- ↑ Une femme par jour (1896), online text
- ↑ 'Poussières de Paris (1896–1902), online text
- ↑ 'Heures d'Afrique (1899), online text
- ↑ Heures de Corse (1905), online text
External links
- Poems by Jean Lorrain (in French): http://poesie.webnet.fr/auteurs/lorrain.html
- Short stories by Jean Lorrain (in French): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bib_lisieux/lorrain.htm
- Biography of Jean Lorrain on glbtq.com
- Monsieur de Bougrelon by Jean Lorrain
- Works by Jean Lorrain at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Jean Lorrain at Internet Archive
- Works by or about Paul Duval at Internet Archive
- Works by Jean Lorrain at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)