Georges Antoine Klein
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Georges Antoine Klein was the real-life individual upon whom Joseph Conrad based the character "Kurtz" in his novella Heart of Darkness.1 Georges was an employee of the Brussels-based trading company Societe Anonyme Belge pour le Commerce du Hault-Congo, and died shortly after meeting Conrad. He is buried in Tchumbiri on the Congo.
1Conrad, Joseph (September 1997). Heart of Darkness, Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, Penguin Putnam, pp. 4-5. ISBN 0-451-52657-0.