Louis-Xavier de Ricard was a French poet, author, and journalist of the 19th century. He was founder and editor of La Revue du progrès which was the first to publish a poem by Paul Verlaine in August 1863. He and Catulle Mendès edited the first volume of Le Parnasse contemporain, published by Alphonse Lemerre in 1866. He was a member of the Commune de Paris (1871) and Félibrige, a group founded by Frédéric Mistral to promote and defend Provençal literature and the Provençal language.
- Occupation
- poet, journalist, writer
- Position held
- 'majoral' of the Félibrige, director, curator
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- January 25, 1843
