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(French Writer, Literary Critic, Art Critic, Book Publisher and the Founder of the 'Académie Goncourt') Edmond de Goncourt was a French writer, book publisher, art critic, and literary critic. He is credited with founding the popular French literary organization, the Goncourt Literary Society. Between 1856 and 1875, he published essays on 18th-century art, which helped revive appreciation for the Late Baroque.
