''Le Voltaire'' () was a French daily newspaper first published on 5 July 1878. It ceased publication in the 1930s. Nicknamed ''Le Figaro républicain'', the paper was created in order to support Gambetta, the leader of the Republican Union, the party of moderate radicals. Its founding editor was

Aurélien Scholl Aurélien Scholl (July 13, 1833 in Bordeaux April 16, 1902), was a French author and journalist. He was successively editor of '' Le Voltaire'' and of ''L'Écho de Paris''. He wrote largely for the theatre, as well as a number of novels dea ...

. The first issue announced that it was "daily, political, republican, satirical". The paper's name represented

anticlericalism Anti-clericalism is opposition to clergy, religious authority, typically in social or political matters. Historically, anti-clericalism in Christian traditions has been opposed to the influence of Catholicism. Anti-clericalism is related to secul ...

and it announced that "We know the potential dangers of the cowl-wearers." An editorial in the first issue said: Writers who contributed to the paper included

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...

, the

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Guillaume Livet Charles Guillaume Livet (24 January 1856 – 16 April 1919) was a French playwright, journalist, novelist and physician. Biography A student in hospitals and journalist with '' L’Événement'', ''Le Temps'', '' Gil Blas'', the ''Voltaire'' ( ...

, and

Paul Alexis Antoine Joseph Paul Alexis (16 June 1847 – 28 July 1901) was a French novelist, dramatist, and journalist. He is best remembered today as the friend and biographer of Émile Zola. Life Alexis was born at Aix-en-Provence. He attended the Co ...

. The paper also published longer works in serial form, including those of Zola and George Moore (''A Mummer's Wife'' as ''La Femme du cabotin'', July–October 1886). A guide to Parisian newspaper published in 1882 described several of its writers as "some of the first journalists in France", one "brilliant" and another "teeming with imagination". It included ''Le Voltaire'' under the heading "Republican newspapers" and noted that it had published a long series of articles in favor of legalizing divorce.

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