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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
1838Nov, 7

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)
Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when publishing some of his books.

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