Background
Henri Cazalis was born on March 9, 1840 at Cormeilles-en-Parisis (Seine-et-Oise).
Henri Cazalis was born on March 9, 1840 at Cormeilles-en-Parisis (Seine-et-Oise).
Henri Cazalis wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean Caselli and Jean Lahor.
His works include: Chants populaires de Vltalie (1865); Vita tristis, Reveries fantastiques, Romances sans musique (1865)7 Le Livre du neant (1872); Henry Regnault, sa vie et son ceuvre( 1872); L' Illusion (1875 - 1893); Melancholia (1878); Cantique des cantiques (1885); Les Quatrains d'Al-Gazali (1896); William Morris (1897).
The authdr of the Livre du neant has a predilection for gloomy subjects and especially for pictures of death. His oriental habits of thought earned for him the title of the " Hindou du Parnasse contemporain. "