Remy de Gourmont

Remy de Gourmont (4 April 1858 – 27 September 1915) was a French symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. He was widely read in his era, and an important influence on Blaise Cendrars and Georges Bataille.^[2] The spelling Rémy de Gourmont is incorrect, albeit common.

^ France, Peter (1995). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Clarendon Press. p. 353. ISBN 9780198661252.
^ Gourmont was Georges Bataille's bedtime reading as a student. Michel Surya, Georges Bataille: an intellectual biography, New York: Verso, 2002, p. 27-28.

[1] France, Peter (1995). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Clarendon Press. p. 353. ISBN 9780198661252.

[2] Gourmont was Georges Bataille's bedtime reading as a student. Michel Surya, Georges Bataille: an intellectual biography, New York: Verso, 2002, p. 27-28.

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Notable works	The Book of Masks Esthetique de la langue française Le Problème du style^[1]