Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans, whose pseudonym was J. K. Husymans, was born in 1848 at Paris, France. After suffering as a youth in the French Ministry, he subsequently began writing works of prose poetry, the first of which was published in 1874. He went on to author full-length novels which illustrated his remarkable witty and satirical writing style, Against Nature being his most well-known. His other works include En Rade, Saint Lydwine of Schiedam, and L Oblat. J. K. Huysmans died in 1907 at Paris