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Jean-Claude Valla was born on 16 May 1944 in [[Roanne]], [[Loire (department)|Loire]].<ref name="BNF" /> He was in his youth a journalist at ''Cahiers Universitaires'', the magazine of the [[Federation of Nationalist Students]] (1960–67).{{sfn|Taguieff|1993|p=6}} |
Jean-Claude Valla was born on 16 May 1944 in [[Roanne]], [[Loire (department)|Loire]].<ref name="BNF" /> He was in his youth a journalist at ''Cahiers Universitaires'', the magazine of the [[Federation of Nationalist Students]] (1960–67).{{sfn|Taguieff|1993|p=6}} |
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Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of [[Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne|GRECE]], an [[Ethnic nationalism|ethno-nationalist]] think tank created in January 1968. He co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].{{sfn|Lamy|2016|p=124}}{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}} He supported the thesis of the colonization of [[Peru]] by the [[Vikings]] in his book ''La Civilisation des Incas'', published in 1976.{{sfn|François|2014|p=208}} |
Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of [[Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne|GRECE]], an [[Ethnic nationalism|ethno-nationalist]] think tank created in January 1968. He also co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].{{sfn|Lamy|2016|p=124}}{{sfn|Camus|Lebourg|2017|p=142}} He supported the thesis of the colonization of [[Peru]] by the [[Vikings]] in his book ''La Civilisation des Incas'', published in 1976.{{sfn|François|2014|p=208}} |
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He was a managing director at the [[Le Figaro Magazine|''Figaro Magazine'']] until 1979.{{sfn|Taguieff|Tarnero|Badinter|1983|p=102}} In the 1990s, Valla was appointed editorial director of the far-right weekly newspaper ''[[Minute (newspaper)|Minute]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity|last=Bar-On|first=Tamir|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135966331|pages=221|language=en}}</ref> He stood up for Holocaust denier [[Robert Faurisson]] in an issue of ''Figaro-Magazine'', and for the editor of [[Historical negationism|negationist]] thesis [[Jean Plantin]] in the [[Nouvelle Droite]] magazine ''[[Éléments]]'' in 2002.{{sfn|François|2005|p=168}} |
He was a managing director at the [[Le Figaro Magazine|''Figaro Magazine'']] until 1979.{{sfn|Taguieff|Tarnero|Badinter|1983|p=102}} In the 1990s, Valla was appointed editorial director of the far-right weekly newspaper ''[[Minute (newspaper)|Minute]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity|last=Bar-On|first=Tamir|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135966331|pages=221|language=en}}</ref> He stood up for Holocaust denier [[Robert Faurisson]] in an issue of ''Figaro-Magazine'', and for the editor of [[Historical negationism|negationist]] thesis [[Jean Plantin]] in the [[Nouvelle Droite]] magazine ''[[Éléments]]'' in 2002.{{sfn|François|2005|p=168}} |
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Jean-Claude Valla (16 May 1944 – 25 February 2010) was a French journalist and a prominent figure of the Nouvelle Droite.
Biography
Jean-Claude Valla was born on 16 May 1944 in Roanne, Loire.[1] He was in his youth a journalist at Cahiers Universitaires, the magazine of the Federation of Nationalist Students (1960–67).[2]
Valla was a founding member and secretary-general of GRECE, an ethno-nationalist think tank created in January 1968. He also co-founded in 1973 the scouting organization Europe-Jeunesse.[3][4] He supported the thesis of the colonization of Peru by the Vikings in his book La Civilisation des Incas, published in 1976.[5]
He was a managing director at the Figaro Magazine until 1979.[6] In the 1990s, Valla was appointed editorial director of the far-right weekly newspaper Minute.[7] He stood up for Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson in an issue of Figaro-Magazine, and for the editor of negationist thesis Jean Plantin in the Nouvelle Droite magazine Éléments in 2002.[8]
He died on 25 February 2010 in Arthez-d'Asson.[1]
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
- ^ a b "Jean-Claude Valla (1944-2010)". BNF.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Taguieff 1993, p. 6.
- ^ Lamy 2016, p. 124.
- ^ Camus & Lebourg 2017, p. 142.
- ^ François 2014, p. 208.
- ^ Taguieff, Tarnero & Badinter 1983, p. 102.
- ^ Bar-On, Tamir (2013). Rethinking the French New Right: Alternatives to Modernity. Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 9781135966331.
- ^ François 2005, p. 168.
- Bibliography
- Camus, Jean-Yves; Lebourg, Nicolas (2017). Far-Right Politics in Europe. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674971530.
- François, Stéphane (2008). Les néo-paganismes et la Nouvelle droite, 1980-2006: pour une autre approche (in French). Archè. ISBN 978-88-7252-287-5. (adapted from François (2005). Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite (1980-2004) (PhD thesis). Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II.)
- François, Stéphane (2014). Au-delà des vents du Nord l'extrême droite, le pôle Nord et les Indo-Européens. Presses universitaires de Lyon. ISBN 978-2-7297-0874-0. OCLC 877945703.
- Lamy, Philippe (2016). Le Club de l'Horloge (1974-2002) : évolution et mutation d'un laboratoire idéologique (PhD thesis) (in French). University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis.
- Taguieff, Pierre-André; Tarnero, Jacques; Badinter, Robert (1983). Vous avez dit fascismes ? (in French). Arthaud-Montalba. ISBN 9782402119221.
- Taguieff, Pierre-André (1993). "Origines et métamorphoses de la Nouvelle Droite". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (40). doi:10.2307/3770354. ISSN 0294-1759. JSTOR 3770354.