Jehan Rictus

Jehan Rictus (21 September 1867 – 6 November 1933) was a French poet. He was born Gabriel Randon in Boulogne-sur-Mer. In the 1900s, he legally changed his name to his mother's name Randon de Saint-Amand.

After an unhappy childhood and poor beginnings in the life, Gabriel Randon took the pseudonym of Jehan Rictus. He found success in 1895 with poems that he interpreted in Parisian cabarets. These poems that Rictus interpreted, called Soliloques du Pauvre (Soliloquies of the Poor), were published in 1897. A few other volumes of verse followed, with Le Coeur populaire being published in 1914. At the time of World War I, he stopped publishing. He also forsook his anarchism for nationalist opinions. He is also the author of an autobiographical novel, Fil de fer, and of a vast diary. The first five booklets were published in 2005.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 3, 1867 (Boulogne-sur-Mer), Died November 7, 1933 (Paris)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia (U.K.) WL3431 10-in. approximately 1931 Jasante de la vieille : 1re partie Berthe Bovy Dramatic monologue author  
Columbia (U.K.) WL3434 10-in. approximately 1931 Jasante de la vieille : 2e partie Berthe Bovy Dramatic monologue author  
Columbia (U.K.) CL4550 10-in. 11/15/1933 Prière de la Charlotte Pierre Chagnon ; Marie Dubas Female vocal solo, with orchestra author  
Columbia (U.K.) CL4551 10-in. 11/15/1933 Prière de la Charlotte Pierre Chagnon ; Marie Dubas Female vocal solo, with orchestra author  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rictus, Jehan," accessed November 8, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/362323.

Rictus, Jehan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/362323.

"Rictus, Jehan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/362323

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