About
Dominique Venner, born in Paris in 1935, was a French historian and essayist. A paratrooper during the Algerian War, he joined the OAS and was imprisoned. In the 1960s, he co-founded the nationalist movement Europe-Action and the Institut d'Études Occidentales. From 1971 onward, he devoted himself to writing historical works, particularly on military and political history. In 2002, he founded the journal La Nouvelle Revue d'Histoire. His suicide in 2013 at Notre-Dame de Paris, in protest against same-sex marriage, sparked controversy.
* 1935-04-16 — † 2013-05-21
Major works
- Baltikum (1974)historical essay
- Le Blanc Soleil des vaincus (1975)historical essay
- Histoire de l'Armée rouge (Tome 1) (1981)historical essay
- Histoire et Tradition des Européensessay
- Un Samouraï d'Occident : Le Bréviaire des insoumis (2013)essay
Key milestones
- 1960Served as a paratrooper during the Algerian War.
- 1981Received the Prix Broquette-Gonin from the Académie française for his Histoire de l'Armée rouge.
- 2013Committed suicide at Notre-Dame de Paris as a political protest.
Themes
Military historyEuropean identityNationalismTraditionDecadence
Sources: bbc.co.uk · searchworks.stanford.edu