Henri Cazalis
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Henri Cazalis (born March 9, 1840 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis ( Département Val-d'Oise ), † July 1, 1909 in Geneva ) was a French writer, doctor and orientalist.
Cazalis was friends with Stéphane Mallarmé , who made him enthusiastic about poetry and through whom he also got access to the Parnassians . As a writer, Cazalis used the pseudonyms Jean Caselli and Jean Lahor very often . Interested in many ways, Cazalis made friends with the painter Paul Sérusier , who founded the artist group Nabis in 1888/89 . According to Sérusier, Cazalis acted as the namesake ("Nabis", Hebrew for "prophet").
Cazalis came into contact with Buddhism through Charles Leconte de Lisle and others . But Cazalis was more deeply inspired by it and extracted - according to a contemporary literary criticism - "his subdued nihilism and his stoic ethos ".
Works (selection)
- Le cantique des cantiques . 1885
- Histoire de la litterature hindoue . 1888
- L'illusion . 1875
- Le livre du néant . 1872
- Melancholia . 1869
- Vita tristis . 1865
literature
- Winfried Engler : Lexicon of French Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 388). Kröner, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-520-38801-4 , p. 171.
- Lawrence A. Joseph: Henri Cazalis. Sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié avec Mallarmé. Edition Nizet, Paris 1972.
- Alphonse Lemerre: Le Parnasse contemporain. Recueil de vers nouveaux. Lemerre, Paris 1866–1876.
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| SURNAME | Cazalis, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, medic and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cormeilles-en-Parisis , Val-d'Oise department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1909 |
| Place of death | Geneva |