Maurice Rollet | |
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| Born | (1933-01-30)30 January 1933 |
| Died | 21 January 2014(2014-01-21) (aged 80) |
| 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.
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 Droite think tankGRECE and became its first president.[2] According to Rollet, the organization was founded at his birthday party inMarseille on 29 January 1968, although this account has been contested.[3]
In 1973 he co-founded theneopagan scouting organizationEurope-Jeunesse alongsideJean-Claude Valla andJean Mabire.[4] Unlike someNouvelle Droite activists 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 Religions based 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]
