Alfred Jarry, 1873-1907

His reported daily alcohol intake:

As an eye-opener, first thing upon arising, two liters of white wine.
Between 10am and noon, three shots of absinthe.
With lunch, red or white wine, followed by still more absinthe.
In the afternoon, several cups of coffee with plenty of marc brandy to wash it down with.
During and after dinner, various aperitifs. Also a couple more bottles of wine.

He considered firearms to be an extension of his wardrobe and never went anywhere without a few miscellaneous weapons distributed about his person, frequently walking the streets of Paris at night with a carbine slung over his shoulder and two pistols stuck into his belt. One night a passerby with a cigarette walked up to him and asked for a light. "Voila,"Jarry replied, and blazed away with his revolver in the general direction of the poor guy's cigarette.

Occasionally he came late to school,
looking disheveled and exhausted,
as if he had been up all night. To those
who asked him where he had been,
he answered...
"In the brothels."