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Jacques Rigaut

Born

in Paris, France

December 30, 1898

Died

November 09, 1929

Genre

Poetry

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Jacques Rigaut was a French surrealist poet. Born in Paris, he was part of the Dadaist movement. His works frequently talked about suicide and he came to regard its successful completion as his occupation. In 1929 at the age of 30, as he had announced, Rigaut shot himself, using a ruler to be sure the bullet would pass through his heart.

He is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.
His suicide inspired the book Le Feu Follet by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within (1963) directed by Louis Malle is based on this book. ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 288 ratings · 38 reviews · 15 distinct works

	4 Dada Suicides: Selected Texts of Arthur Cravan, Jacques Rigaut, Julien Torma & Jacques Vaché by Arthur Cravan, Jacques Rigaut, Julien Torma 4.27 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agencia general del suicidio by Jacques Rigaut, Joaquim Jordà (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yakasında Bir Çiçek Gibi İntiharı ile Birlikte Gezen Bir Adamı Durdurun Durdurabilirseniz by Jacques Rigaut, Nilda Taşköprü (Translator) 3.03 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Écrits 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	İstiridye Kumsalındaki Ayna by Jacques Rigaut, Dilan Kırat (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Jour Se Lève Ça Vous Apprendra 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Patchogue and Other Texts (The Printed Head Volume II, #9) by Jacques Rigaut, T.J. Hale (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Patchogue by Jacques Rigaut, Frédéric Malette (illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Don't forget that I cannot see myself, that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror.”
― Jacques Rigaut

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“There’s no reason to live, but there’s no reason to die, either. The only way we can still show our contempt for life is to accept it. Life is not worth the bother of leaving it. Out of charity, one might spare a few individuals the trouble of living, but what about oneself? Despair, indifference, betrayal, fidelity, solitude, the family, freedom, weight, money, poverty, love, absence of love, syphilis, health, sleep, insomnia, desire, impotence, platitudes, art, honesty, dishonor, mediocrity, intelligence – nothing there to make a fuss about. We know only too well what those things are made of, no point in watching for them.”
― Jacques Rigaut

tags: life, suicide

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“There is small merit in mocking goodness, tweaking charity; it is much more comic to deprive people of their petty little existence for no reason at all, for a lark.”
― Jacques Rigaut

tags: absurdity, humor

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