Huysmans, JORIS KARL, novelist, was born the son of a Dutch father at Paris 5th February 1848, and since 1866 holds a post in the French ministry of the interior. His first novel, Sac au Dos (1872), was followed by a series, all full of Zola's realism, till in 1895, when his works began to breathe a spirit of Catholic mysticism.
Huysmans, JORIS KARL
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