Octave Mirbeau

Octave Mirbeau
BornOctave Henri Marie Mirbeau
(1848-02-16)16 February 1848
Trévières, France
Died16 February 1917(1917-02-16) (aged 69)
Paris, France
Resting placePassy Cemetery, Paris
OccupationNovelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer
GenreNovel, comedy, chronicles, art critic
Literary movementImpressionism, expressionism, decadent, avant-garde
Notable worksThe Torture Garden (1899)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1900)
Spouse
(m. 1887)

Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau (French: [ɔktav miʁbo]; 16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into 30 languages.