Hugues Rebell

Georges Grassal de Choffat or Hugues Rebell (27 October 1867 in Nantes – 6 March 1905 in Paris) was a French author. He wrote against Christianity and professed paganism while remaining a Catholic. An exponent of Friedrich Nietzsche, he was associated with the right-wing nationalist group .

Rebell wrote a number of pornographic works under the group pseudonym "Jean de Villiot", a prolific contributor to early 20th century French spanking literature, published by Charles Carrington.

Rebell is often dismissed as a failed author of pornography, remembered for only one title, ' (1902), which won the Prix Nocturne in 1966. He was also a poet, whose ', dedicated to his friend René Boylesve, inspired André Gide in '. He was also known as a polemicist of royalty because of his ' (1894), which treated the three aristocracies based on family name, money, and talent.

He wrote articles for the journals ''La Cocarde'' and ''Le Soleil'', which were included in a collection of writings published in 1994 under the title ''De mon balcon''. He wrote a defence of Oscar Wilde in the August issue of the literary magazine ''Mercure de France'' in 1895. Provided by Wikipedia