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'''Jean-Claude Valla''' (16 May 1944 – 25 February 2010) was a french journalist and essayist. Prominent figure of the [[Nouvelle Droite]], he was a managing director at the [[Le Figaro Magazine|''Figaro Magazine'']] until 1979.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=frhYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102|title=Vous avez dit fascismes ?|last=Taguieff|first=Pierre-André|last2=Tarnero|first2=Jacques|last3=Badinter|first3=Robert|date=1983-12-31|publisher=FeniXX réédition numérique|isbn=9782402119221|language=fr}}</ref>
'''Jean-Claude Valla''' (16 May 1944 – 25 February 2010) was a french journalist and essayist. Prominent figure of the [[Nouvelle Droite]], he was a managing director at the [[Le Figaro Magazine|''Figaro Magazine'']] until 1979.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=frhYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102|title=Vous avez dit fascismes ?|last=Taguieff|first=Pierre-André|last2=Tarnero|first2=Jacques|last3=Badinter|first3=Robert|date=1983-12-31|publisher=FeniXX réédition numérique|isbn=9782402119221|language=fr}}</ref>


Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of the [[Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne|GRECE]], an [[Ethnic nationalism|ethno-nationalist]] think tank launched on 17 January 1969. He co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].<ref>Philippe Lamy, "Le Club de l'horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique", Université Paris-VIII, 2016, p.124.</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=_j5YDgAAQBAJ|title=Far-Right Politics in Europe|last=Camus|first=Jean-Yves|last2=Lebourg|first2=Nicolas|date=2017-03-20|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=|isbn=9780674971530|location=|pages=142|language=en}}</ref> In the 1990s, he was appointed editorial director of the far-right magazine ''[[Minute (newspaper)|Minute]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=1_H4_3bgFVcC|title=Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity|last=Bar-On|first=Tamir|date=2013-04-12|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781135966331|location=|pages=221|language=en}}</ref>
Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of the [[Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne|GRECE]], an [[Ethnic nationalism|ethno-nationalist]] think tank launched on 17 January 1969. He co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].<ref>Philippe Lamy, "Le Club de l'horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique", Université Paris-VIII, 2016, p.124.</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=_j5YDgAAQBAJ|title=Far-Right Politics in Europe|last=Camus|first=Jean-Yves|last2=Lebourg|first2=Nicolas|date=2017-03-20|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=|isbn=9780674971530|location=|pages=142|language=en}}</ref> In the 1990s, he was appointed editorial director of the far-right magazine ''[[Minute (newspaper)|Minute]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=1_H4_3bgFVcC|title=Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity|last=Bar-On|first=Tamir|date=2013-04-12|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781135966331|location=|pages=221|language=en}}</ref> He stood up for Holocaust denier [[Robert Faurisson]] in an issue of ''Figaro-Magazine'' and for the [[Historical negationism|negationist]] thesis editor [[Jean Plantin]] in ''Eléments'' in 2002.<ref>François, Stéphane (2005). ''Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite'' ''(1980-2004)''. Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II. p. 168.</ref>


Valla supported the thesis of the colonization of Peru by the [[Vikings]] in his book ''La Civilisation des Incas.''<ref>François, Stéphane. ''Au-delà des vents du Nord : l'extrême droite française, le pôle Nord et les Indo-Européens'', Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2014, p. 208. ISBN 978-2-7297-0874-0</ref>
He stood up for Holocaust denier [[Robert Faurisson]] in an issue of ''Figaro-Magazine'' and for the [[Historical negationism|negationist]] thesis editor [[Jean Plantin]] in ''Eléments'' in 2002.<ref>François, Stéphane (2005). ''Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite'' ''(1980-2004)''. Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II. p. 168.</ref>


He died on 25 February 2010 in [[Arthez-d'Asson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/11927485/jean-claude_valla/|title=Jean-Claude Valla (1944-2010)|website=data.bnf.fr|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref>
Valla defends the thesis of the colonization of Peru by the [[Vikings]] in his book ''La Civilisation des Incas.''<ref>François, Stéphane. ''Au-delà des vents du Nord : l'extrême droite française, le pôle Nord et les Indo-Européens'', Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2014, p. 208. ISBN 978-2-7297-0874-0</ref>


== Works ==
== Works ==

Revision as of 02:02, 30 August 2019

Jean-Claude Valla (16 May 1944 – 25 February 2010) was a french journalist and essayist. Prominent figure of the Nouvelle Droite, he was a managing director at the Figaro Magazine until 1979.[1]

Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of the GRECE, an ethno-nationalist think tank launched on 17 January 1969. He co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization Europe-Jeunesse.[2][3] In the 1990s, he was appointed editorial director of the far-right magazine Minute.[4] He stood up for Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson in an issue of Figaro-Magazine and for the negationist thesis editor Jean Plantin in Eléments in 2002.[5]

Valla supported the thesis of the colonization of Peru by the Vikings in his book La Civilisation des Incas.[6]

He died on 25 February 2010 in Arthez-d'Asson.[7]

Works

  • La Civilisation des Incas. Famot, 1976.
  • Les Seigneurs de la guerre (with Dominique Venner, André Brissaud and Jean Mabire). Famot, 1978.
  • Les Grandes découvertes archéologiques du XXe siècle. Famot, 1979.
  • Affaire Touvier : la contre-enquête. Ed. du Camelot, 1996.
  • La Cagoule : 1936-1937,. Ed. de la Librairie Nationale, 2000.
  • La France sous les bombes américaines : 1942-1945. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2001.
  • L'Extrême droite dans la Résistance, 2 vol.. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2000.
  • La Gauche pétainiste. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2001.
  • Le Pacte germano-sioniste, 7 août 1933. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2001.
  • Ces Juifs de France qui ont collaboré. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2002.
  • La Milice : Lyon, 1943-1944. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2002.
  • Ledesma Ramos et la Phalange espagnole : 1931-1936. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2002.
  • Georges Valois : de l'anarcho-syndicalisme au fascisme. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2003.
  • La Nostalgie de l'Empire : une relecture de l'histoire napoléonienne. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2004.
  • Les Socialistes dans la Collaboration : de Jaurès à Hitler. Ed. de la Librairie nationale, 2006.
  • Doriot. Pardès, 2008.

References

  1. ^ Taguieff, Pierre-André; Tarnero, Jacques; Badinter, Robert (1983-12-31). Vous avez dit fascismes ? (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 9782402119221.
  2. ^ Philippe Lamy, "Le Club de l'horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique", Université Paris-VIII, 2016, p.124.
  3. ^ Camus, Jean-Yves; Lebourg, Nicolas (2017-03-20). Far-Right Politics in Europe. Harvard University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780674971530.
  4. ^ Bar-On, Tamir (2013-04-12). Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity. Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 9781135966331.
  5. ^ François, Stéphane (2005). Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite (1980-2004). Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II. p. 168.
  6. ^ François, Stéphane. Au-delà des vents du Nord : l'extrême droite française, le pôle Nord et les Indo-Européens, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2014, p. 208. ISBN 978-2-7297-0874-0
  7. ^ "Jean-Claude Valla (1944-2010)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2019-08-30.