Jean-Edern Hallier

Acting

01 Mar 1936

† 12 Jan 1997

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France

Biography

Jean-Edern Hallier (1 March 1936 – 12 January 1997) was a French writer, critic and editor. After his exclusion from the literary review Tel Quel, which he co-founded with Philippe Sollers, Hallier went on to publish novels and satirical pamphlets, and created the controversial newspaper L'Idiot International. The son of World War I French General André Hallier, Jean Hallier was born in 1936. While the Hallier family has ancient Breton roots on his father's side, he later claimed in his novel ...