Pierre louis biography

Belgian writer and poet (1870–1925)

Pierre-Félix Louÿs (French:[pjɛʁlu.is]; 10 December 1870 – 4 June 1925) was a Belgian poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings.

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He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection".^[1] He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature.^[2][3]

Life

Pierre Louÿs was born Pierre Félix Louis on 10 December 1870 in Ghent, Belgium, but relocated to France, where he spent the rest of his life.

He studied at the École Alsacienne in Paris, and there he developed a good friendship with a future Nobel Prize winner and champion of homosexual rights André Gide. From 1890 onwards, he began spelling his name as "Louÿs", and pronouncing the final S, as a way of expressing his fondness for classical Greek culture (the letter Y is known in French as