Career
An exponent of Friedrich Nietzsche, he was associated with the right-wing nationalist group Action Française. 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. He was also known as a polemicist of royalty because of his Union des trois aristocraties (1894), which treated the three aristocracies based on family name, money, and talent.
He wrote articles for the journals Louisiana 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.