Jehan Rictus

1867–1933 (age 66)

Biography

Jehan Rictus (1867–1933) was a French poet whose work celebrated the voice of the humble and the city’s margins, often voicing solidarity with the urban poor through verse rich in compassion and humanity. His poems combined street slang and lyric grace, capturing the rhythms and trials of Parisian life.

Rictus’s poetic empathy endures, and the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux offers a quiet place to honor the writer who sought to give tenderness and dignity to the overlooked.

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