Renaud Matignon (1936 in

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– 6 February 1998 in Paris) was a 20th-century French journalist and writer who worked particularly with ''

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'' and the '' Figaro littéraire''.

Career

Renaud Matignon made his debut in the press at the cultural weekly ' (launched by

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, directed by ) in 1954. He later worked for ''

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'', ''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Figaro littéraire''. Along

Philippe Sollers Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936 – 5 May 2023) was a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the '' avant garde'' literary journal '' Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was pu ...

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, he launched the magazine ''

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'' which he quickly left. From 1964 to 1974, Renaud Matignon was the literary director of

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(directed by Simone Gallimard). He did not publish any books during his lifetime. The collection of his articles of ''Le Figaro littéraire'', ''La liberté de blâmer'' (preface by

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, of the Académie française,Renaud Matignon, le fervent
on ''

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'' (1 February 1999) allows to taste samples of his sharp style and some of his vachard finds... Examples :

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: "This Spartacus of the Codpiece";

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Bibliography

*1998
''La Liberté de blâmer...''
(preface by Jacques Laurent, of the Académie française), édit. Bartillat,

References

External links

''Renaud Matignon, témoin capital''
on ''Le Figaro'' (20 February 2014)
''Intransigeante futilité : Renaud Matignon''
on L'Internaute {{DEFAULTSORT:Matignon, Reanaud 20th-century French journalists French literary critics 20th-century French writers Writers from Metz 1936 births 1998 deaths