French novelist also known as Joris-Karl Huysmans. He is most famous for the novel Á Rebours (1884, published in English as Against the Grain or Against Nature) which was the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. He supported himself by a 30-year career in the French civil service.
- Born
- 5 Feb 1848
- Died
- 12 May 1907
- Country
- France
- First book
- Down There, 1987
