Dr Tony Shaw

In 1990 Lionel Duroy published Priez pour nous (lit. 'Pray for Us'), an autobiographical novel (or autofiction ) of the kind wh...

The title of Delphine de Vigan's autobiographical novel Jours sans faim is an obvious play on words: ' faim ' has exactly ...

Jean-Jacques Krafft (1910–97) was a sculptor who worked in various materials, but particularly in wood in his later years.  He spent much...

'PAUL C. JAGOT 1889–1962' Paul-Clément Jagot was an occultist and a very prolific writer of works on personal developm...

'FRANCISCO BOIX-CAMPO DÉPORTÉ EN 1941, À L'ÂGE DE 21 ANS, AU CAMP DE CONCENTRATION DE MAUTHAUSEN. DÉCÉDÉ LE 7.7.1951 ...

'Jean HÉROLD-PAQUIS 1912 – 1945' ––––––––––––– Jean Hérold-Paquis was an extreme right-wing French radio journalist sho...

'EUGÈNE ZAMIATINE ÉCRIVAIN RUSSE 19.I.1884 – 10.III.1937' Yevgeny Zamyatin (in English spelling) is most noted for his...

'HAN RYNER HENRI NER 3 DÉCEMBRE 1861 5 JANVIER 1838' The dates of Henri Ner (who preferred to be call himself Han Ry...

Our search for the graves in Thiais which follow was greatly assisted by an extremely helpful man who wishes simply to be known as Mister ...

'MARCEL THIÉBAUT ÉCRIVAIN 1897–1961' Thiébaut was a literary critic who ran Revue de Paris almost on his own for some...

'Je suis amoureux 1957 ÉTIENNE HADJU 1907–1996' These words, which of course translate as 'I'm in love', are i...

'PAUL CELAN 1920 –1970' The large number of stones laid here in tribute are an indication of Paul Celan's fame. Cela...

Hôtel Mistral, 24 rue Cels, Montparnasse. ' Dans cet hôtel ont habité, entre 1937 et 1939, puis à diverses reprises durant la gue...

This is Olivier Adam's first novel, and bears some of the hallmarks of the two other novels of his I've read ( À l'abri de r...

'J. G. C. A. H. DE COLINS DE HAM PHILOSOPHE   SOCIALISTE 1783–1859 –––––––––––––– 'L'ORDRE MORAL, C'EST L...

'JOSELIA POÈTE 1892–1951 LUIGIA SON ÉPOUSE 1894–1983' Very little appears to be known of Joselia, apart from th...

'Henri Queffélec 1910–1992' The son of Yann Queffélec who won the Goncourt in 1985 with Les Noces barbares , Henri was b...

This is by far the most visited grave in the Cimetière de Montrouge. The comedian Coluche (1944–86) – born Michel Colucci – was the ...

Mirèio Doryan (1901–89) was a poet and essayist born Germaine Drilhe. Very little biographical information seems readily available on h...

The currently rather hidden grave of Gustave Geffroy (1855–1926), who was a writer (novelist, journalist, art critic, etc) and one of the...

'ERNEST LA JEUNESSE HOMMES DE LETTRES CHEVALIER DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR 1874 – 1917' La jeunesse was a nov...

'CI-GÎT PARMI LES SIENS CARLO BOURLET 1866–1913 MATHÉMATICIEN D'EXCEPTION ET PIONNIER DE L'ESPERANTO –––––––...

'ALBERT SIMONIN ÉCRIVAIN 1905 – 1980' Crime novelist Albert Simonin published a dictionary of slang in 1957 and used s...

'RENÉ CREVEL 1900 – 1935' René Crevel's father killed himself when his son was fourteen. He went to the lycée Jans...

A brief pause from the Paris posts as I just happened to be reading this book. The poet, novelist and playwright Jean Aicard (1848–192...

'ICI ÉTAIT LA MAISON OU LE POÈTE JOACHIM DU BELLAY EST MORT AGÉ DE TRENT-SEPT ANS LE PREMIER JANVIER 1560' Th...

'LE POÈTE FÉLIX ARVERS est né dans cette maison le 23 JUILLET 1806' This plaque is on 1 rue Budé. Arvers died in 1850 and,...