François d'Orcival

François d'Orcival is a French conservative intellectual. He is the editor-in-chief of Valeurs Actuelles and sits on the Board of Directors of the publisher Valmonde.[1][2]

Biography

As a young man, he was a leader in Jeune Nation.[1] In 1960, he was one of the founding members of the Fédération des étudiants nationalistes (FEN).[1] He supported the Organisation de l'armée secrète and was arrested in 1962, when he was jailed for four weeks .[1] He was editor-in-chief of the FEN magazine, Les Cahiers universitaires, and started writing for Le Spectacle du Monde, whose editor was Raymond Bourgine.[1] He also wrote for Défense de l’Occident and Europe Action, edited by Dominique Venner and Alain de Benoist.[1] He later joined the Groupement de recherche et d'études pour la civilisation européenne, but left it in 1976.[1][3] In 1977-1978, he wrote for Le Figaro, then edited by Louis Pauwels.[1] He later became the editor-in-chief of Valeurs Actuelles.[1][4]

In 2004, he was elected President of the Fédération Nationale de la Presse Française (FNPF).[1] On June 23, 2008, he was inducted into the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, following the death of Henri Amouroux.[5] He is a socially conservative Catholic.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pascal Dillane, Un ancien dirigeant de l’extrême droite représente la presse française, ACRIMED, February 2005
  2. ↑ Valeurs Actuelles
  3. ↑ JP Rioux, M Harbi, J.F. Sirinelli, La guerre d'algerie et les intellectuels français, Editions Complexe, 1999, p. 61
  4. 1 2 Xavier Ternisien, Une filière "Valeurs actuelles" à la tête du "Figaro", Le Monde, 19/07/2012
  5. ↑ Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
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