Edouard Drumont

Edouard Drumont , born with Paris the May 3rd 1844 and deceased in the same city the February 5th 1917, was a Journaliste and writer Catholique, Antisémite and Nationaliste French. Charles Maurras, in his political and critical Dictionnaire , known as that “the nationalist formula was born thus almost very whole from him; and Daudet, Bars, us all, began our work in its light. ” Further, Charles Maurras adds: “Marvellous Chronicler, conspicuous historian and prophet, this spirit original and free also escaped from itself. He did not see all his success. ” Edouard Drumont was classified by certain like Anarchiste of right-hand side, although its attitude with respect to anarchism was ambivalent

Biography

Born in 1844 from a family Country originating in the Flandres, Drumont must, very young person, to provide for the needs as of his because his/her father is seriously sick. This last is expeditionary with the Town hall of Paris:

“Less than another, the father of Drumont was not man to be suffered whom one put a shirt of force at the human spirit: it was one of these wise and circumspect dreamers, less obstinate, as one sees some in our old country of North, with their childish quiet blue eyes, and their colossal shoulders. Moreover former student of the School of the charters, friend of the books and strong scholar. ”

Drumont enters at seventeen years, as of the death of his/her father, to the Town hall where he works six months. The dream of Drumont is to become man of letters. It launches out in the Journalisme and enters to the Moniteur of the building then collaborates in the Diable to four a newspaper of Hippolyte de Villemessant (journalist which ressuscita, in April 1854, Le Figaro). He parallel to works inflexible the , where he reveals the secrecies of Villemessant which it congédie. He publishes articles in various newspapers as Freedom (he is general-purpose there since he deals at the same time of report, the literary chronicles, the studies of art and even the last hour with the legislative Body. Drumont remains chronicler of art to Freedom of 1874 with 1886) where it could be committed thanks to an article which it had written on Emile of directing Girardin of this newspaper. Within Freedom , it does not present its ideas Politique S. It reveals its talents of Historien in the Revue Revolution. He writes in the Public property but also in the Universe , the Pope Joan , the theatrical Press , the Illustrated Chronique , the Contemporary , the Review of France , the Gallic , the Small Newspaper (critic art), etc Edouard Drumont composes the funeral orations of Emile Pereire - that he compares with Napoleon - and of his/her Isaac brother. He is initially made know by the publication of several nonpolitical works. If its first literary work is a play in an act, Co-signed with Aimé Dollfus, I lunch at midday (1875), its first book published is My Old man Paris , published in 1878. The work is a course with accompanying notes of the Capitale, enamelled reflections impressed of nostalgia and regret. the national Festivals to Paris (1878) and follow the Last of Trémolin (1879).

In 1880, Drumont writes the introduction of a new work entitled the death of Louis XIV . This work is conceived by the brothers Anthoine (boys of the room of Louis XIV). The introduction which Drumont writes proves, according to its detractors, who he is a firm partisan of the Monarchisme: " dying Louis XIV, like alive Louis XIV, represents the 17th century in its most admirable demonstration and more élevée."

Drumont is converted by the Father Jésuite Lake, which committed it to write Jewish France and provided him funds to create the Libre Word .

In 1885, Drumont publishes an opuscule of forty-three pages entitled the flight of diamonds of the crown to the guard furnishs . Called in the direction of the World in 1886, it publishes, in April of the same year, Jewish France , which reaches the 150e edition quickly, and is worth with its author, at the same time as the Notoriété, a Condamnation with strong a Amende and two duel S. Drumont publishes then, Jewish France in front of the opinion (1886), the End of a world (1889), the Last Battle (1890), the Will of a Antisémite (1891), the Secrecy of Fourmies (1892). In 1890, Drumont founds the National league Antisémitique de France.

Its heritage

Georges Bernanos devoted the book to him the Great fear of the right-thinking people . It calls Edouard Drumont with affection “my old Master” or the “Drumont old man”.

In the Years 1930, Henry Coston was claimed of Drumont by starting again the Free word .

friends of Edouard Drumont

friends of Edouard Drumont , French association founded in 1963 by Maurice Bardèche in collaboration with Xavier Vallat, Jacques Ploncard d' Assac, Abel Manouvriez, Hubert Biucchi and Henry Coston (which was presented in the form of disciples of Drumont). Association gathered writers and journalists (resulting from the mediums Nationaliste S, of the French Action or Extrême right-hand side), like Emmanuel Beau of Loménie, Robert Coiplet, EP Cadelhoc, Pierre Dominique, Jean-Andre Faucher, Georges Gaudy, Philippe Roussel, Saint-Paulien. The group included/understood approximately a hundred members.

The purpose of this group was to perpetuate the memory and the work of Edouard Drumont.

In order to republish its works and, in particular, its analyzes on the Protocols of wise of Sion , association founded a “Company of the friends of Edouard Drumont” who undertook this leading work. It was to decree an annual price to reward the author for the best publication on Drumont and its work.

The death, during the Years 1990, of the majority of the active members of association, left association in sleep.

The April 20th 2005, association is reconstituted with the same objectives as the preceding team. Its seat is located at Paris, with the Bookstore the blue Unicorn . In 2006, it reacts to the obliteration of the epitaph “to the immortal author of Jewish France” on the tomb stone of Drumont to the cemetery of the Father-Lachaise, which they estimate to be a Profanation.

Current members

The office of association is composed of:

President: Yves Bruno
Secretary: Olivier Mathieu
Treasurer: Thierry Dreschmann

Its tomb

In May 2006, the Town of Paris made engrave the epitaph of the tomb of Edouard Drumont to the Cimetière of the Father-Lachaise, considered as component “a disorder with the law and order”. One could read there: “Edouard Drumont man of letters author of the immortal work of Jewish France ”. In addition, on a plate fixed on the house where has inhabited Edouard Drumont was written Ici lived Edouard DRUMONT, the immortal author of Jewish France, which had, since 1886, envisaged the evil whose France failed to die. In recognition and repair. (source: documentary Sorrow and pity )

Drumont seen by its contemporaries

The outrageous style and the techniques of writing of Drumont did not fail to be abundantly caricatured.

Georges Darien in his novel the Pharisees (1891) pastiche style of Drumont to create the transparent character of the Ogre, author of Semitic Gaulle . Extract:

“the Ogre was funny. It was, with moral and the physique, the most imposing sample of enlightened stupidity which it was possible to meet. There was the right to appear such a cheap mask, such a contemptible conscience; but it was absolutely prohibited with the burning imagination to dream such a heart living such a body. For little which one had the enough solid heart to contemplate his hideousness and the enough firm spirit to probe his lowness, it became obvious that the Ogre was, between all, one predestined. ”

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