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Jean Raspail

ジャン・ラスパイユ

Jean Raspail

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-07-05 (Chemillé-sur-Dême, Indre-et-Loire, France)
Died
2020-06-13 (Paris, France) age 94
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Catholicism
Residence History
Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris

Career

Occupations
Explorer, Novelist, Travel writer
Active Years
1950-2020

Education

Saint-Jean de Passy
Private Catholic school
Country: France
Paris
Institution Sainte-Marie d'Antony
Country: France
Antony
École des Roches
Country: France
Verneuil-sur-Avre

Awards

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1981
Work: Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Prix Maison de la Presse
1995
Result: 受賞
Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française
2003
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
2007
Organization: Société de géographie
Result: 受賞
Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand
2008
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Camp of the Saints

1973 Novel

A controversial novel predicting the collapse of Western civilization due to mass Third World immigration.

ImmigrationCollapse of Western civilizationTraditional values
Translations
  • English, German, Spanish, Italian, etc.

Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie

1981 Novel

Novel about Antoine de Tounens, who proclaimed himself King of Patagonia.

ExplorationMonarchyIdentity
Adaptations
  • [TV mini-series] Le Roi de Patagonie / Georges Campana and Stéphane Kurc (1990)

Bibliography

  • Terre de feu – Alaska (1952)
  • Terres et Peuples Incas (1955)
  • Le Camp des Saints (1973)
  • Septentrion (1979)
  • Sire (1990)

Adaptations

  • Le Roi de Patagonie (1990, TV)
  • Le Jeu du roi (1991, TV)
  • L'Île bleue (2001, TV)

Translations of Works

  • Translations of The Camp of the Saints into English, etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Adventure narrativeHistorical fictionConservative viewpoint
Recurring Motifs
Immigration threatsTraditional CatholicismRestoration of monarchy

Legacy

Known as a conservative French writer, internationally famous for his work on immigration issues, advocating traditional Catholicism and monarchy.

In Popular Culture

  • Cited as a symbol in far-right discourse

Trivia

  • Died on June 13, 2020, aged 94.