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'''Petrus Borel''' (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859) was a French writer of the [[Romantic movement]]. '''Petrus Borel''' (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859) was a French writer of the [[Romantic movement]].
-Born Joseph-Pierre Borel dHauterive at [[Lyon]], the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger, he studied [[architecture]] in Paris but abandoned it for literature. Nicknamed ''le Lycanthrope'' ("wolfman"), and the center of the circle of [[Bohemianism|Bohemians]] in Paris, he was noted for extravagant and eccentric writing, foreshadowing [[Surrealism]]. He was not commercially successful though, and eventually was found a minor civil service post by his friends, including [[Théophile Gautier]]. He's also considered as a [[Poète maudit]], like [[Aloysius Bertrand]].+Born Joseph-Pierre Borel dHauterive at [[Lyon]], the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger, he studied [[architecture]] in Paris but abandoned it for literature. Nicknamed ''le Lycanthrope'' ("wolfman"), and the center of the circle of [[Bohemianism|Bohemians]] in Paris, he was noted for extravagant and eccentric writing, foreshadowing [[Surrealism]]. He was not commercially successful though, and eventually was found a minor civil service post by his friends, including [[Théophile Gautier]]. He's also considered a [[Poète maudit]], like [[Aloysius Bertrand]].
He died at [[Mostaganem]] in [[Algeria]]. He died at [[Mostaganem]] in [[Algeria]].
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Petrus Borel (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859) was a French writer of the Romantic movement.

Born Joseph-Pierre Borel dHauterive at Lyon, the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger, he studied architecture in Paris but abandoned it for literature. Nicknamed le Lycanthrope ("wolfman"), and the center of the circle of Bohemians in Paris, he was noted for extravagant and eccentric writing, foreshadowing Surrealism. He was not commercially successful though, and eventually was found a minor civil service post by his friends, including Théophile Gautier. He's also considered a Poète maudit, like Aloysius Bertrand.

He died at Mostaganem in Algeria.

He was the subject of a biography by Enid Starkie, Petrus Borel: The Lycanthrope (1954) .

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