Jean Richepin

A play L'Étoile written by him in collaboration with André Gill (1840–1885) was produced in 1873; but Richepin was virtually unknown until the publication in 1876 of a volume of verse entitled Chanson des gueux when his outspokenness resulted in his being imprisoned and fined for outrage aux mœurs. The same quality characterized his succeeding volumes of verse: Les Caresses (1877) Les Blasphèmes (1884) La Mer (1886) Mes paradis (1894) La Bombarde (1899). Jean Richepin (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃ ʁiʃpɛ̃]; 4 February 1849 - 12 December 1926) French poet novelist and dramatist the son of an army doctor was born at Médéa French Algeria.

He also wrote Miarka (1905) adapted from his novel for the music of Alexandre Georges and Le mage (1891) for the music of Jules Massenet. He died in Paris. His novels have developed in style from the morbidity and brutality of Les morts bizarres (1876) La Glu (1881) and Le Pavé (1883) to the more thoughtful psychology of Madame André (1878) Sophie Monnier (1884) Cisarine (1888) L'Aîné (1893) Grandes amoureuses (1896) and La Gibasse (1899) and the more simple portrayal of life in Miarka (1883) Les Braves Gens (1886) Truandailles (1890) La Miseloque (1892) and Flamboche (1895).