Léon Bloy

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Léon Bloy was a French Catholic writer and polemicist known for his fervent religious convictions, apocalyptic vision, and scathing social criticism that deeply impacted thinkers like Jacques Maritain.

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Léon Bloy canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic writer ⓘ
French writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
polemicist ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1846-07-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1917-11-03 ⓘ
familyName Bloy ⓘ
genre diary ⓘ
essay ⓘ
novel ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
givenName Léon ⓘ
hasSignature Signature Léon Bloy.svg ⓘ
influenced Charles Péguy ⓘ
Ernest Hello ⓘ
Flannery O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Flannery O'Connor

Georges Bernanos ⓘ
Jacques Maritain ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Raïssa Maritain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement Catholic literary revival ⓘ
name Léon Bloy ⓘ
notableIdea apocalyptic Catholic vision of history ⓘ
radical critique of bourgeois society ⓘ
theology of suffering and poverty ⓘ
notableWork Exégèse des lieux communs ⓘ
Journal ⓘ
La Femme pauvre ⓘ
Le Désespéré ⓘ
Le Salut par les Juifs ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
polemicist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dordogne ⓘ
France ⓘ
Périgueux ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bourg-la-Reine ⓘ
France ⓘ
Hauts-de-Seine ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jeanne Molbech ⓘ

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