Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (5 February 1848 in Paris - 12 May 1907 in Paris) was a French novelist who published his works as J.k. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans ([ois kal]). He is most famous for the novel À rebours (1884, published in English as Against the Grain or Against Nature). He supported himself by a 30-year career in the French civil service.