Category Archives: Died this day
Merely real
Count Robert de Montesquiou, poet, dandy, aesthete, on the 100th anniversary of his death
Merely real
Count Robert de Montesquiou, poet, dandy, aesthete, on the 100th anniversary of his death
Lights in the darkness
The 1966 short film by Marie Menken, who died 50 years ago today.
Love among the ruins
The sublime Leonor Fini, plus cats. All the cats.
Places: Schloss Zwickledt
The Austrian manor house where illustrator Alfred Kubin died, 60 years ago today.
Places: Schloss Zwickledt
The Austrian manor house where illustrator Alfred Kubin died, 60 years ago today.
The sun of God
The strange life of cocovore castaway August Engelhardt, his fictional avatars and his surprising relevance in the present day
The sun of God
The strange life of cocovore castaway August Engelhardt, his fictional avatars and his surprising relevance in the present day
19 books for 2019
Who needs this many books? You do. YOU need this many books.
Dying alone is so boring
Jacques Vaché, Surrealist avant la lettre, checked out 100 years ago today
Colette on screen
… along with Mathilde de Morny and Rachilde *squee*
Franziska zu Reventlow (1871-1918)
100 years since the death of the ‘bohemian countess’
Death of a magus
The demise of Joséphin Péladan, the man behind the modern Rosicrucian revival, 100 years ago today
Death of a magus
The demise of Joséphin Péladan, the man behind the modern Rosicrucian revival, 100 years ago today
“Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain”
100 years since the death of Chung Ling Soo (William Robertson)
“Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain”
100 years since the death of Chung Ling Soo (William Robertson)
The lonely death of Valeska Gert
“Kitty’s a gourmet, he doesn’t like me anymore …”
Secret Satan book list
More books than you can deal with, frankly.
Dormition of the Heathen Madonna
Fanny zu Reventlow, the “bohemian countess” of Munich around 1900
Pearls: Octave Mirbeau
The great provocateur of French letters, who died 100 years ago today
Mysterious corners of shade
Occultist poet Berthe de Courrière, who died 100 years ago today
Long dark night of the soul
“Je suis la Vierge immaculée!”
The Kaiser of Utopia
German writer Paul Scheerbart, who died 100 years ago today
The quest for Stenbock
David Tibet on the immortal Decadent count, who died on this day in 1895.
Royally buzzed
“Even the mummies stand up and walk when they drink Vin Mariani!”
Strange Flowers 