Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly | |
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Portrait by Émile Lévy, 1882. | |
| Born | Jules Amédée Barbey 2 November 1808 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, French Empire |
| Died | 23 April 1889 (aged 80) Paris, French Republic |
| Resting place | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, critic |
| Period | 1825–1889 |
| Literary movement | Realism, Decadence, "Dandyism" |
| Notable works | Les Diaboliques |
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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (2 November 1808 – 23 April 1889) was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James, Léon Bloy, Marcel Proust and Carmelo Bene.