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Jean de Gourmont
1877–1928
A quiet but well-connected figure in early 20th-century French letters, he wrote novels, essays, biographies, and criticism while working close to the Mercure de France circle. He is also remembered for helping preserve and publish the legacy of his older brother, the writer Remy de Gourmont.
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L'art d'aimer : roman
by Jean de Gourmont
About the author
Born on January 23, 1877, in Le Mesnil-Villeman in Normandy and later dying in Paris on February 19, 1928, Jean de Gourmont was a French writer, critic, biographer, and novelist. Bibliographic sources and reference entries describe him as an author who wrote in several forms rather than being tied to a single genre.
He contributed to the influential review Mercure de France, placing him within an important literary world of the period. His books include studies such as Jean Moréas and Henri de Régnier et son oeuvre, along with fiction and literary essays that show a strong interest in contemporary writers and literary culture.
Jean de Gourmont is also closely linked to the afterlife of Remy de Gourmont’s work. After his brother’s death, he spent years preparing and publishing unpublished writings and later helped document that legacy through bibliographic work, giving him a lasting place not just as an author in his own right but as a careful steward of a literary inheritance.