Square Roland Dorgelès
in the angle of the rue des Saules and rue Saint Vincent

Roland Lécavelé, known under the name of Roland Dorgelès, (Amiens, 1885 - Paris, 1973), French writer, he became famous with one heartrending war narrative "Les Croix de Bois" (1919), and published memories of Montmartre life ("Montmartre, mon pays", 1928; "Le Château des brouillards", 1932; "Bouquet de bohême", 1947; "Au beau temps de la Butte", 1963). He entered the Académie Goncourt in 1929.


 Is registered on the plate :
 Au carrefour de la Bohême et des Croix de Bois
ROLAND DORGELES
"Je hais la guerre
Mais j'aime ceux qui l'ont faite"

Behind these walls of the rue Saint Vincent, rest in the cemetery Saint Vincent, opened on 5 janvier 1831 :

Eugène Boudin (1824-1898), painter
Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923), painter
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), painter
Marcel Aymé (1902-1967), writer
Roland Dorgelès (1885-1975), writer
Gen Paul (1895-1975), painter
Marcel Carné (1906-1996), filmmaker..
 
In the 1920s, the street was dug and the pavement was heightened at the level of houses.

A côté du Lapin Agile, un des lieux d'habitation d'Aristide Bruant au 30 rue Saint Vincent. A cet endroit, Jules Depaquit a été locataire.

Next to the Lapin Agile, one of the places of Aristide Bruant's house located at 30 rue Saint Vincent. In this place, Jules Depaquit was a tenant.

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