Achille Essebac
Achille Essebac (29 January 1868 – 1 August 1936) was a French writer primarily known for his novel Dédé, about an ill-fated homoerotic friendship between two schoolboys. Essebac was a pseudonym, since his original surname Bécasse is a derogatory word for goose. Essebac was a friend of Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen and defended him against accusations of indecency caused by Fersen's penchant for tableaux vivants at his house in Avenue de Friedland.
Also recorded as Henri Louis Achille Bécasse · Henri Louis Achille Becasse
Achille Essebac
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- Birth Name
- Henri Louis Achille Bécasse
- Born
- 29 January 1868
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 1 August 1936
- Occupation
- novelist
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Dédé
- Languages
- French
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In 1909, Essebac also contributed an article for Fersen's short-lived gay-interest journal Akademos. However, apart from the article, Essebac largely avoided writing about homosexuality after the Fersen scandal. Essebac was also a photographer of young men, preferably clothed in Renaissance or medieval theatrical costumes. A recently rediscovered album with 156 photographs by him was sold for €3,500 in Paris. In the 1920s and early 1930s the Dédé-bar existed in Berlin, which was a gay bar named after Essebac's best-known gay character from his novels.
Une illustration de la couverture du livre Partenza… vers la beauté! by Achille Essebac.
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Illustration de la couverture du livre Luc par Achille Essebac
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• Birth Name — Henri Louis Achille Bécasse • Born — 29 January 1868 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 1 August 1936 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — novelist • Notable Works — Dédé • Illustration — Title page of Dédé with an illustration by Georges Ferdinand Bigot
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• Partenza... vers la beauté!, 1898 • Dédé, 1901 • Luc, 1902 • L’Élu, 1902 • Les Boucs, 1903 • Les Griffes, 1904 • Nuit païenne, 1907
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