Jean-Richard Bloch

1884–1947 (age 63)

Biography

Jean-Richard Bloch, born in 1884, was a writer whose novels, essays and plays wrestled with questions of justice, human dignity and the responsibilities of citizenship in a fractious Europe.

He remained a voice for solidarity and resistance until his death in 1947, and he now rests at Père Lachaise Cemetery as a reminder of literature's power to confront the world.

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