Nerval

[ ner-val ]
/ nɛrˈval /

noun

Gé·rard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/, Gérard Labrunie,1808–55, French writer.

British Dictionary definitions for gerard de nerval

Nerval
/ (French nɛrval) /

noun

Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808–55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)