In the 14e arrondissement of Paris, the Montparnasse Cemetery lays out its quiet avenues, inviting a journey through France’s intellectual and artistic history. A true outdoor museum, this place houses the sépultures of figures majeures from the literary, philosophical, cinematic and artistic worlds.
Created in 1824, during the Restoration era, the Montparnasse Cemetery quickly became the final resting place of many thinkers and creators linked to the cultural buzz of the Left Bank. As you stroll along its long, tree-lined avenues, you’ll come face to face with the graves of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, Serge Gainsbourg, or Charles Baudelaire.
So, if you want to follow in the footsteps of your favorite writers or simply reflect among the final resting places of the minds that helped Paris shine around the world, the Montparnasse Cemetery is a site worth visiting. Here you’ll discover the celebrities buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867): Major French poet of the XIXᵉ century, author of Les Fleurs du Mal, an emblematic work of Symbolism.
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967): Russian-born French sculptor and Cubist, known for his expressive works in wood and stone.
Zizi Jeanmaire (1924-2020): French dancer, singer and showgirl, icon of music-hall and ballet.
Jean Seberg (1938-1979): American actress, muse of the Nouvelle Vague, famous for her role in Breathless.
Robert Desnos (1900-1945): French surrealist poet, Resistance fighter, died in deportation.
Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991): French singer-songwriter and icon of French chanson, best known for Je t'aime... moi non plus.
Juliette Gréco (1927–2020) : French singer and actress, muse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, renowned for her poetic and politically charged songs.
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): French writer, master of the realistic short story, author of Boule de Suif.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980): French existentialist philosopher, writer and playwright, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 (refused).
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986): French philosopher, novelist and feminist, author of Le Deuxième Sexe.
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996) : French writer, playwright and filmmaker, best known for The Lover and Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Sonia Rykiel (1930-2016): French fashion designer, nicknamed "the queen of knitwear", founder of the eponymous house.
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3, boulevard Edgar Quinet
75014 Paris 14
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