Richepin
JEAN, a French poet and novelist; born in Médéah, Algiers, Feb. 4, 1849. He first attracted attention by his volume of poems "The Song of the Beggar" (1876), which sent him to prison where he wrote "Curious Deaths" (1887).
A most audacious writer, he was faithful to his principles, or the lack of them.
They include: "Caresses" (1877); "Blasphemies" (1884); and "The Sea" (1886), in verse; "Mme. André" (1878); "Brave Men" (1888); "The Cadet" (1890); "La route d'émeraude" (1909); the dramas "Monsieur Scapin" (1886); "The Filibuster" (1888); and "By the Sword" (1892). He was elected to the French Academy in 1908.