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Léonce de Larmandie
1851–1921
A poet, novelist, and dramatist from France’s Périgord region, he moved easily between literature, journalism, politics, and the occult revival of the late 19th century. His career gives a vivid glimpse of the Symbolist world and the restless cultural life of fin-de-siècle Paris.
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Excelsior: Roman parisien
by Léonce de Larmandie
About the author
Born in Bourrou, Dordogne, on October 16, 1851, Léonce de Larmandie was a French poet, writer, and novelist who also trained in law. Library and reference sources describe him as a poet, novelist, and dramatist, while French biographical sources add that he was active as a journalist, occultist, and politician.
He published across several genres and contributed to newspapers and literary periodicals. Contemporary and library records link him to the Société des gens de lettres, and he is also noted as a founding member, alongside Sâr Péladan, of the Rose-Croix order that brought mystical and Symbolist ideas into the artistic life of the period.
Larmandie died in Villamblard on January 30, 1921. Today he is remembered as a versatile figure of French letters whose work sits at the meeting point of poetry, fiction, theater, and the spiritual currents that shaped the culture of his time.