Octave Mirbeau

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Octave Mirbeau
Born	(1848-02-16)16 February 1848 Trévières, France
Died	16 February 1917(1917-02-16) (aged 69) Paris, France
Occupation	Novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer
Genre	Novel, comedy, chronicles, art critic
Literary movement	Impressionism, expressionism, decadent, avant-garde
Notable works	The Torture Garden (1899) The Diary of a Chambermaid (1900)
Spouse	Alice Regnault ​ (m. 1887)​

Octave Mirbeau (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.