page_title: Jacques Rigaut
hierarchical_section_title: Jacques Rigaut
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Jacques Rigaut, d’abord mêlé à l’aventure dadaïste, a ensuite fait partie des compagnons de route du surréalisme. Portrait anonyme appartenant au fonds ancien du MNAM G. Pompidou, domaine public. Numérisé par les soins du téléverseur.
context_page_description: 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.
  Rigaut's works include:
  Agence Générale du Suicide
  Et puis merde!
  Papiers Posthumes
  Lord Patchogue
  His suicide inspired the book Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within from Louis Malle is based on this book. The movie Oslo, August 31st directed by Joachim Trier, released in 2011, is also largely based on Will O' the Wisp although the narrative takes place in contemporary Norway. The Granada-based Spanish indie pop band Lori Meyers has a song entitled "La Vida de Jacques Rigaut" with its lyrics relating with his life.
context_section_description: Jacques Rigaut (French: [ʁiɡo]; 30 December 1898 – 9 November 1929) 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.
  Rigaut's works include:
  Agence Générale du Suicide
  Et puis merde!
  Papiers Posthumes
  Lord Patchogue
  His suicide inspired the book Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. The movie The Fire Within from Louis Malle is based on this book. The movie Oslo, August 31st directed by Joachim Trier, released in 2011, is also largely based on Will O' the Wisp although the narrative takes place in contemporary Norway. The Granada-based Spanish indie pop band Lori Meyers has a song entitled "La Vida de Jacques Rigaut" (The Life of Jacques Rigaut) with its lyrics relating with his life.
caption: Jacques Rigaut
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