Adolphe Retté

Born in Paris on July 25, 1863, Adolphe Retté became known as a French poet and man of letters. He was associated with the Symbolist movement and also took part in anarchist circles, giving his early career a rebellious, questioning energy.

Over time, his outlook changed sharply. Later accounts of his life describe a return to Catholic faith, and that spiritual turn became an important part of his later writing and public identity.

Retté died in 1930. Today he is remembered not just for individual poems or novels, but for the unusual path he followed across some of the biggest artistic, political, and religious currents of his era.