Raymond Radiguet
1903–1923 (age 20)
Biography
Raymond Radiguet was a remarkably talented French writer whose brief but brilliant career left an indelible mark on twentieth-century literature. Despite his youth, he demonstrated exceptional literary gifts and produced works of considerable artistic merit that influenced his contemporaries.
Radiguet's premature death at the age of twenty cut short a promising literary career, yet his contributions to French letters remain significant. He was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery, where he rests among other notable figures of French culture and society.