"literary madman," or rather, the literary equivalent of outsider art in France. Théophile Gautier used Berbiguier as a model for his fantastic story, Onuphrius; ou les vexations fantastiques d'un admirateur d'Hoffmann, and Gustave Flaubert similarly consulted Berbiguier's work for his tale of Bouvard et Pécuchet. References Berbiguier's autobiography has recently been published as Les Farfadets, ou tous les démons ne sont pas de l'autre monde Editions Jérôme Millon; preface by Claude Louis-Combet. (French) An account of Berbiguier's life, and reproductions of some of the illustrations of his autobiography, is available in Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy, Grillot de Givry (Frederick Publications, 1954) Portions of this text have been adapted from the article on Berbiguier in the French Wikipedia. External links Les Farfadets: Préface et discours préliminaire by A. V. C. Berbiguier. (French) Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym(French) 1765 births 1851 deaths People from Carpentras French memoirists French occultists Outsider artists 19th-century occultists French male non-fiction writers 19th-century memoirists