Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907) was a French novelist and art critic who was one of the founders of the decadent movement in France. His most famous work, Against Nature (A rebours), was a seminal novel of this movement. He also wrote novels in the naturalist tradition of Émile Zola—including Marthe, Histoire d’une fille; Les soeurs Vatard; and En menage—and poetry inspired by Baudelaire’s work.
Theo Cuffe is known for his translations of classic French literature, including Voltaire’s Candide and Micromégas and Other Short Fictions.
Lucy Sante is a writer, critic, translator, and artist. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Her books include Low Life and The Other Paris. Originally from Belgium, she now lives in New York and teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.
Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) was a French novelist and art critic who was one of the founders of the Decadent Movement in France. His most famous novel
Against Nature (
A rebours) was a foundational novel of the Decadent Movement in France. He also wrote novels in the Naturalist tradition of Emile Zola, including
Marthe, Histoire d'une fille,
Les Soeurs Vatard, and
En menage and poetry inspired by Baudelaire's work.
Lucy Sante was born in Verviers, Belgium. Her books include
Low Life,
The Other Paris, Evidence,
The Factory of Facts, and
Kill All Your Darlings. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Grammy (for album notes), an Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography, and Guggenheim and Cullman fellowships. Sante has contributed to
The New York Review of Books since 1981, and has written for many other magazines. She is the visiting professor of writing and the history of photography at Bard College and lives in Ulster County, New York.