Dr Tony Shaw

'Yvan Goll 1891-1950'   The grave of Yvan Goll and his wife Claire, also a writer, lies immediately opposite Chopin's....

'CLAUDE CHABROL 1930 . 2010'   For some reason, among the many graves I've taken a photo of in   Père-Lachaise, I...

Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843) was a poet and playwright born in Le Havre. His work is now almost forgotten, although he was very famous i...

Sadegh Hedayat (1903–51) was an Iranian writer and translator particularly significant for breaking with the Iranian poetic tradition and...

This stone is not entirely legible, although I can just about make out that it correctly states that  Jean Moréas was born in Greece (a...

'MME HENRI de RÉGNIER NÉE MARIE de HEREDIA en poésie GÉRARD d'HOUVILLE 1875 – 1965'   So the pen name of Marie ...

I've already made a post about the literary statues in parc Monceau, several images being the excellent one of the playwright Édouar...

'Lucien FABRE 1889 – 1952 Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur Prix Goncourt 1923' The book that earned Lucien Fabre the ...

'L'ÉCRIVAIN Jean-Baptiste NIEL 1962 – 1995'   Jean-Baptiste Niel wrote a thesis on Marie Noël, French teacher a...

Pierre Desproges (1939–88) was a comedian with a black sense of humor and a sense of the absurd who ridiculed stupidity and intolerance. ...

The tomb of François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878), who was a chemist, doctor, politician, republican and writer. He is buried with his wif...

'DELPHINE PALATSI 1968–2002'   Delphine Palatsi was a French DJ with the pseudonym Sextoy, and she stood out in an essenti...

  Félix Guattari (1930–92) was a psychoanalyst and philosopher of distinctly left-wing persuasion. Among the many books he wrote were...

'PIERRE DANINOS 1913–2005'   Pierre Daninos was a popular writer and humorist most noted for his Les Carnets du major Thom...

Georges Goyau (1869–1939) was an essayist and historian, specialising in the history of religion. His first wife was Lucie,  President Fé...

'À SULLY PRUDHOMME LE PARNASSE LES POÈTES, SES AMIS SON ÉDITEUR'   The grave of the poet Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907), born...

Allan Kardec's dolmen tomb. Any translation is my own. The top stone reads: 'NAÎTRE MOURIR RENAÎTRE ENCORE ET PROGRESSER SANS ...

'A. de VILLIERS de L'ISLE ADAM NÉ À ST. BRIEUC LE 7 NOVEMBRE 1838, MORT À PARIS LE 18 AOÛT 1889.'   Tucked away in the...

  André Gill (1840–1885) – aka Lois-Alexandre Gosset de Guines – was a satirical cartoonist, painter, and singer-songwriter noted for...

'ÉDOUARD DRUMONT HOMMES DE LETTRES 1844 – 1917' This was another chance find, made when we were looking for the really diffi...

'J. B. CLÉMENT 1836 – 1903 AUTEUR DE "LE TEMPS DES CERISES' As suggested on his tomb – which is very difficult to fin...

'EDMOND ABOUT DE L'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE ––––– 1828 – 1885 –––––' This sculpture is by Gustave Crauk (1827–1905). Edm...

'Antoine Blondin 1922 – 1991' Antoine Blondin was the son of the French female poet Germaine Blondin (1887–1965) and also wr...

In Jean-Pierre Enard's relatively brief life (1944–87) he published a number of books, including Fragments d’amour (novel) (1976); L...

Christian Gailly's Un soir au club is narrated by an unnamed artistic painter friend of the protagonist Simon Nardis, a heating en...

'EUGÈNE DABIT 1898 – 1936'   Working-class writer Eugène Dabit, thanks to loans from his uncles, was able to move with...

Yves Ravey's La Fille de mon meilleur ami (lit. 'My Best Friend's Daughter') is, like I think all of his laconic fiction...