Jacob, Max (1876–1944)

French poet and prose writer. Among his books of poetry are Sacrifice impérial 1929 and Rivages 1931, while his prose poems include Cornet à dés 1917 and Visions infernales 1924. He also wrote novels, including Le Roi de Béotie 1921 and Le Terrain Bouchaballe 1922; a play, and religious works, including Méditations: visions des souffrances et de la mort de Jesus 1928.

Jacob was born in Quimper. A Jew by birth, he was converted to Roman Catholicism and died in a German concentration camp at Drancy, near Paris.