Person
Octave Mirbeau
French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright
Octave Mirbeau (16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) is a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieves celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde.
His work has been translated into thirty languages.