Category Archives: Died this day
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!”
Ade, altes Frauenzimmer
German actress Luise Rainer (1910-2014)
All roads lead to black decay
100 years since the death of Austrian poet Georg Trakl
The voice of hope
Espionage, revolt and scandal in the life and death of Syrian singer Asmahan
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Dress-down Friday: Rachilde
Cross-dressing as subversion – or penny-pinching
Enemy of the average
Gathering strange flowers from Lotusland to Berlin
Dress-down Friday: Stephen Tennant
“I just go on looking at them in a dream of bliss…”
The literary lion in winter
“Where is Oscar? Where is Bosie?”
