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2 unusual facts about Joris-Karl Huysmans


Armpit fetishism

The French novelist Huysmans wrote an essay 'Le Gousset' on the various smells of what he called the "spice-boxes" that were women's armpits.

Joris-Karl Huysmans

After his retirement from the Ministry in 1898, made possible by the commercial success of his novel, La cathédrale, Huysmans planned to leave Paris and move to Ligugé.


Becalmed

En rade or Becalmed, an 1887 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Berlaymont building

The building, under the provisional name "Centre Administratif Europe", was designed by Lucien de Vestel, in association with Jean Gilson (Groupe Alpha), André & Jean Polak and with the recommendations of the engineer Joris Schmidt.

Jacob Clemens non Papa

Clemens non Papa, Priest And Bon-vivant, Capilla Flamenca together with La Caccia, Joris Verdin and Jan Van Outryve, 2005 (KTC 1287)

Joris Van Severen

Joris Van Severen (19 July 1894 in Wakken, Belgium – 20 May 1940 in Abbeville, France) was a Belgian politician and ideologue.

Joris Voorn

:After The Rain Comes the Sun (Joris Voorn Remix) - Solomun

Ligugé Abbey

Among the novices and postulants at this period were Joris-Karl Huysmans and Paul Claudel, who wrote of their experiences at Ligugé in "L'Oblat" and "Partage de Midi" respectively.

Nieuwpoort, Belgium

The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris.

Besides Nieuwpoort proper, two small villages in the Flemish polders are part of the municipality, Sint-Joris and Ramskapelle.

Odilon Redon

Still, Redon remained relatively unknown until the appearance in 1884 of a cult novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans titled À rebours (Against Nature).

The Illusionist

The Illusionist (2006 book), is a new translation by Herma Briffault of Le Rempart des Béguines, written by the French-Belgian writer Françoise Mallet-Joris in 1952, and previously translated as Into the Labyrinth and Loving and Daring.

Woophy

Founded in 2005 by Joris van Hoytema, Hoyte van Hoytema and Marcel Geenevasen, the site had up to 43,300 members and contained around a million photos from over 44,900 cities, towns and villages of the world.


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