Giorgio Locchi (15 April 1923 – 25 October 1992) was an Italian journalist and writer. He was among the founders of

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Life

Also known by the pseudonym Hans-Jürgen Nigra, he was for a long time the

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correspondent for the Italian newspaper ''

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''. After graduating in law from the University of Rome, he moved to Paris in the mid-fifties. Here he came into contact with

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, with whom he created the ethnonationalist think-tank

, also known as New Right. By this time he began to write for magazines like ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also collaborated with several magazines and newspapers including ''La Destra'', ''L'Uomo Libero'' and ''

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''. One of the leading exponents of New Right, he broke away from it because he was averse to

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and a supporter of

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values. He was the author of several books translated into French, German and Spanish. His works revolved around

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and

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's anti-Christian thought. Among the best known of Locchi's workes is the ''Nietzsche, Wagner e il mito sovrumanista'', which was counted among the classics of hermeneutic on

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. His works influenced authors such as

Guillaume Faye Guillaume Faye (; 7 November 1949 – 6 March 2019) was a French political theorist, journalist, writer, and leading member of the French New Right. Continuing the tradition of Giorgio Locchi, his various articles and books sought to posit Isla ...

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, , Robert Steuckers and Stefano Vaj.

Works

In English

*''Definitions: The Texts that Revolutionized Nonconformist Culture'' (London:

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, 2024)

In other languages

In Czech

*''Podstata fašismu'' (Praha: Délský potápěč, 2011).

In French

*"Adriano Romualdi, l'essence du fascisme et la conception sphérique du temps de l'histoire," in Philippe Baillet, ''Le parti de la vie: clercs et guerriers d'Europe et d'Asia'' (Saint-Genis-Laval: Éditions Akribeia, 2015). *''Définitions: Le textes qui ont révolutionné la culture non conforme'' (Paris:

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, 2022). *''Wagner Nietzsche et le mythe surhumaniste'' (Paris: La Nouvelle Librairie, 2022). * With

, ''Sur Heidegger et le mythe surhumaniste'' (Paris: La Nouvelle Librairie, 2025).

In German

*With Robert de Herte (

), ''Die USA, Europas missratenes Kind'' (München-Berlin: Herbig, 1979). *"Über den Sinn der Geschichte," in Pierre Krebs (ed.), ''Das unvergängliche Erbe'', Kassel, Thule-Seminar, (1981).

In Italian

*With Alain de Benoist, ''Il male americano'' (Roma: L.E.D.E., 1979). *''L'essenza del fascismo'', with an essay and interview by Marco Tarchi (Castelnuovo Magra: Edizioni del Tridente, 1981). *''Nietzsche, Wagner e il mito sovrumanista'', preface by

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, (Napoli: Akropolis, 1982).Complete text
at uomo-libero/archive.org (accessed 22 May 2025). *''Definizioni'' (Milano: Barbarossa, 2006). *''Prospettive indoeuropee'' (Roma: Settimo Sigillo, 2010).

In Spanish

*With Robert Steuckers, ''Konservative Revolution: Introducción al nacionalismo radical aleman, 1918-1932'' (Valencia: Ediciones Acebo Dorado, 1990). *''Definiciones: los textos que revolucionaron la cultura inconformista Europea'' (Molins de Rei: Barcelona Nueva República D.L., 2010). *With Alain de Benoist, ''El enemigo americano: érase una vez América'' (Torredembarra: Tarragona Fides D.L., 2016). *''Figuras de la revolución conservadora'' (Torredembarra: Tarragona Fides D.L., 2016).

References

Sources

* Marco Fraquelli, ''A destra di Porto Alegre : Perché la Destra è più noglobal della Sinistra'', preface by Giorgio Galli, Catanzaro, Rubbettino, 2005, p. 94. *Daniel S. Forrest, ''Suprahumanism : European man and the regeneration of history'', London, Arktos Media, 2014. * Francesco Germinario, ''Tradizione Mito Storia : La cultura politica della destra radicale e i suoi teorici'', Roma, Carocci, 2014.

External links

* Gennaro Malgieri
''Hommage à Giorgio Locchi (1923-1992)'', ''Synergies européennes'', Vouloir, February 1993
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