Père Lachaise Cemetery

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Producer Baudelaire Ceus searches for the resting place of famed author Richard Wright among the graves of other cultural icons like Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and Sadegh Hedaya. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pere-lachaise-cemetery

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0:00.0	So I'm in Paris getting tickets for the Metro.
0:14.0	I'm on my way to visit the grave of my literary idol, Richard Wright.
0:19.0	He was born in Mississippi and spent a good amount of time on the East Coast of the US,
0:23.0	but in 1946, he moved to Paris where he would live until his death.
0:28.0	Richard Wright loved this city so much.
0:33.0	I didn't know this until I got here, but the cemetery where he's buried is a pretty big deal.
0:39.0	It's called Paraliches.
0:42.0	Apparently, this is the most visited cemetery in the world.
0:46.0	All kinds of famous people are buried here.
0:49.0	People like Jim Morrison, Frederick Chopin, Oscar Wilde, and Edith Pioff.
0:54.0	And it's known for some really gorgeous gravestones.
0:58.0	I was excited to check it out, and I was traveling with a guest.
1:02.0	So, pretty lady, can we get your name?
1:04.0	My name is Renee.
1:06.0	Oh, Renee, what's your relation to the producer in this episode?
1:10.0	He is my fiance.
1:15.0	A visit to the graveyard with my fiance.
1:18.0	Talk about romantic.
1:20.0	My name is Bodelaire, and this is Atlas Obscriber,
1:23.0	a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.
1:27.0	Today, I take a walk through Paraliches.
1:29.0	Visit Richard Wright's grave, but on the way, I stopped to meet a few other writers.
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