– Paris, 31 December 1829) was a French writer, historian, critic, and journalist.
Disfigured by syphilis and addicted to opium in an effort to make his life bearable, Rabbe is today remembered for his Album d'un pessimiste in which he writes of the pointlessness of existence.
He is also thought to have penned a novel, La Sœur grise, but the manuscript has not survived.
Despite his almost complete detachment from society, he was friends with some of the most important literary figures of his day including Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, père, and Benjamin Constant.
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