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Pierre Louÿs

Born

in Ghent, Belgium

December 10, 1870

Died

June 06, 1925

Genre

Poetry, Literature

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Pierre Louÿs was a French poet and writer, most renowned for lesbian and classical themes in some of his writings. He is known as a writer who sought to "express pagan sensuality with stylistic perfection". He was made first a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature.

Born in Belgium, in 1870, but moved to France where he would spend the rest of his life. He was a friend of authors André Gide and Oscar Wilde, and of composer Claude Debussy. ...more

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	The Young Girl's Handbook of Good Manners for Use in Educational Establishments (Wakefield Handbooks) 3.67 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1919 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodite: Moeurs antiques by Pierre Louÿs, Jean-Paul Goujon (Préface) 3.75 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1896 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs, Jeremy Moore (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1898 — 213 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs, Willy Pogány (Illustrator), Alvah Cecil Bessie (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1894 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The She-Devils 3.22 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1926 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodite, Part One by Pierre Louÿs, Milo Manara (Illustrator), Whittaker Chambers (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1896 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pybrac by Pierre Louÿs, Toyen (Illustrations), Geoffrey Longnecker (Translation) 3.68 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1927 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Aventures du Roi Pausole 3.50 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1901 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Works of Pierre Louys including Aphrodite Complete and Unexpurgated 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1932 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lêda 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1894 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Aphrodite (3 books)
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“I left the bed as she had left it, unmade and rumpled, coverlets awry, so that her body's print might rest still warm beside my own.

Until the next day I did not go to bathe, I wore no clothes and did not dress my hair, for fear I might erase some sweet caress.

That morning I did not eat, nor yet at dusk, and put no rouge nor powder on my lips, so that her kiss might cling a little longer.

I left the shutters closed, and did not open the door, for fear the memory of the night before might vanish with the wind.”
― Pierre Louÿs, The Songs of Bilitis

tags: bilitis, lesbian, lesbians, lgbt, love, lovers, songs-of-bilitis

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“He crushes me so hard that I shall break, frail little creature that I know I am; but once he is in me nothing else exists, and I could have my four limbs cut away without awakening from my ecstasy.”
― Pierre Louÿs, The Songs of Bilitis

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“When he came back, I hid my face within my hands. He said: "Fear nothing. Who has seen our kiss? --Who saw us? The night and the moon."

"And the stars and the first flush of dawn. The moon has seen its visage in the lake, and told it to the water 'neath the willows. The water told it to the rower's oar.

"And the oar has told it to the boat, and the boat has passed the secret to the fisher. Alas! alas! if that were only all! But the fisher told the secret to a woman.

"The fisher told the secret to a woman: my father and my mother and my sisters, and all of Hellas now shall know the tale.”
― Pierre Louÿs, The Songs of Bilitis

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