Montesquiou-Fezensac, Robert (1855–1921)

French writer. His volumes of poetry include Les Chauves-souris 1893, Le Chef des odeurs suaves 1893, Les Hortensias bleus 1896, Les Perles rouges 1899, and Les Paons 1900. He will probably be best remembered as J K Huysmans's model for the sinister character of Des Esseintes in A rebours. Montesquiou's essays include ‘Roseaux pensants’ 1897 and ‘Autels privilégiés’ 1898.

Marcel Proust is also supposed to have used him in part as model for one of the figures in A la recherche du temps perdu.