Maurice Rollet
Maurice Rollet | |
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| Born | 30 January 1933 |
| Died | 21 January 2014(aged 80) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, activist and medical doctor |
Maurice Rollet(30 January 1933 – 21 January 2014) was a French poet, activist and medical doctor.[1]He sometimes used the pseudonymFrançois Le Cap.
Biography
[edit]In the 1960s, he was involved as a far right-wing activist withJeune Nation,Europe-Action,and supported theOAS,for which he was imprisoned. In 1968 he was one of the co-founders of theNouvelle Droitethink tankGRECEand became its first president.[2]According to Rollet, the organization was founded at his birthday party inMarseilleon 29 January 1968, although this account has been contested.[3]
In 1973 he co-founded theneopaganscouting organizationEurope-JeunessealongsideJean-Claude VallaandJean Mabire.[4]Unlike someNouvelle Droiteactivists who only adopted paganism as an intellectual position, Rollet saw it as a true way of life. He described what he called his "native faith" (French:foi native) as an individual approach based on rootedness, harmony with the cosmos, the constant search for physical and moral aesthetics, tolerance, and respect for the "Other".[1]Rollet held contact with theWorld Congress of Ethnic Religionsbased inVilnius.[5]
His poetic works are marked by neopaganism. Some of his lyrics have been set to music by the singerDocteur Merlin,and are featured on the albumSoleil de Pierre.[1]Rollet acted in the moviesThe Rebel(1980) andLa Flambeuse(1981).[6]
He died on 21 January 2014.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Des Rimes et des Runes (in collaboration withPerig Kerys), Pyrene, 1980
- Le Mai 68 de la Nouvelle Droite (anthology), Labyrinthe, 1998
- Michel Marmin(ed.), Liber Amicorum Alain de Benoist, Les Amis d'Alain de Benoist, 2004
- Rencontre avec Robert Dun (anthology), Les Amis de la Culture Européenne, 2006
- Balades au cœur de l'Europe païenne (anthology), Les Éditions de la forêt, 2002.
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^abcdCamus 2014.
- ^François 2005,p. 155.
- ^Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 133.
- ^Camus & Lebourg 2017,p. 142.
- ^François 2005,pp. 467–468.
- ^Ciné-ressources.
Sources
[edit]- Camus, Jean-Yves(22 January 2014)."Maurice Rollet est mort".Fragments sur les Temps Présents(in French).Retrieved29 August2019.
- Camus, Jean-Yves;Lebourg, Nicolas(2017).Far-Right Politics in Europe.Translated by Todd, Jane Marie. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.ISBN9780674971530.
- "Database search for Maurice Rollet".Ciné-ressources(in French).Retrieved27 October2019.
- François, Stéphane(2008).Les néo-paganismes et la Nouvelle droite, 1980-2006: pour une autre approche(in French). Archè.ISBN978-88-7252-287-5.(adapted fromFrançois (2005).Les paganismes de la Nouvelle Droite (1980-2004)(PhD thesis). Université du Droit et de la Santé - Lille II.)
