Camille Mauclair Biography

Camille Mauclair was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art critic, an admirer of Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeterlinck. His early work, including poetry and novels, garnered attention, with his novel Le Soleil des morts recognized as an important historical document of the fin de siècle. Mauclair later focused on essays on music and art, supporting Impressionism and Symbolism while criticizing Fauvism. His writings contributed significantly to French awareness of musical trends and artistic movements at the turn of the century.