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Jean Raspail (born 5 July 1925 at Chemillé-sur-Dême, Indre-et-Loire)
is a French author, traveler and explorer.
In 1950-52, he led the Tierra del Fuego–Alaska car trek and in 1954, the French research
expedition to the land of the Incas. In 1981, his novel, Moi, Antoine
de Tounens, roi de Patagonie ('Me, Antoine of Tounens, King of
Patagonia'), won the Grand Prix du Roman (award for a
novel) of the Académie française.
He encountered a huge controversy with his book The
Camp of the Saints (1973). In it he predicted the
overwhelming of Western civilization in a 'tidal wave' of Third World immigration. His
critics accuse him of right-wing
extremism on the basis of the views expressed in the book. The
book is popular among immigration reductionists, and
has been reprinted by John Tanton's The Social Contract
Press.
He lives in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris.
Works
- Terre de feu - Alaska (Land of Fire - Alaska) (1952) -
adventure writing
- Terres et Peuples Incas (Inca Lands and Peoples)
(1955)
- Le Vent des Pins (1958), translated as Welcome
Honorable Visitors: a novel by Jean Stewart (Putnam, 1960)
- Terres Saintes et Profanes (Lands Holy and Profane)
(1960)
- Les Veuves de Santiago (The Widows of Santiago)
(1962)
- Hong-Kong, Chine en sursis (Hong Kong, A Reprieve for
China) (1963)
- Secouons le cocotier (Let's Shake the Coconut Tree)
(1966) - travel writing
- Secouons le cocotier : 2, Punch Caraïbe (Let's
Shake the Coconut Tree 2: Caribbean Punch)(1970) - travel
writing
- Bienvenue Honorables Visiteurs (le Vent des pins)
(Welcome Honorable Visitors) (1970) - novel
- Le Tam-Tam de Jonathan (Jonathan's Drum) (1971) -
nouvelles
- L'Armada de la Dernière Chance (Last-Chance Armada)
(1972)
- Le Camp des Saints (1973), translated as The
Camp of the Saints by Norman Shapiro (Scribner, 1975; The Social Contract Press,
1995, ISBN 1-881780-07-4) - novel
- La Hache des Steppes (The Steppes Axe) (1974)
- Journal Peau Rouge (Red Skin Journal) (1975)
- Nuage Blanc et les Peaux-Rouges d'aujourd'hui (White
Cloud and the Redskins of Today) (1975) - by Aliette and Jean
Raspail
- Le Jeu du Roi (The King's Game) (1976) - novel
- Boulevard Raspail (Raspail Boulevard) (1977) -
columns
- Les Peaux-rouges aujourd'hui (Redskins Today)
(1978)
- Septentrion (North) (1979) - novel
- Bleu caraïbe et citrons verts : mes derniers voyages
aux Antilles (Caribbean Blue and Green Lemons: My Last Trips
to the Antilles) (1980)
- Les Antilles, d'île en île (The Antilles, From Island
to Island) (1980)
- Moi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie (Me, Antoine
of Tounens, King of Patagonia) (1981) - novel
- Les Hussards : histoires exemplaires (The
Hussars: Representative Stories) (1982)
- Les Yeux d'Irène (Irene's Eyes) (1984) - novel
- Le Président (The President) (1985) - novel
- Qui se souvient des hommes... (1986), translated as
Who Will Remember the People...: A Novel by Jeremy Leggatt
(Mercury House, 1988, ISBN
0-916515-42-7) - novel
- L'Île bleue (1988), translated as Blue Island: A
Novel by Jeremy Leggatt (Mercury House, 1991, ISBN
0-916515-99-0)
- Pêcheurs de Lune (Moon Fishers) (1990)
- Sire (Sire) (1990) - novel
- Vive Venise (Long Live Venice) (1992) - by Aliette and
Jean Raspail
- Sept cavaliers quittèrent la ville au crépuscule par la
porte de l'Ouest qui n'était plus gardée (Seven Knights Left
the Village at Dusk through the Western Gate, Which Was No Longer
Guarded) (1993) - novel (commonly called Sept
cavaliers...)
- L'Anneau du pêcheur (The Fisher's Ring) (1995) -
novel
- Hurrah Zara ! (Hooray Zara!) (1998) - novel
- Le Roi au-delà de la mer (The King Over the Ocean)
(2000) - novel
- Adiós, Tierra del Fuego (Goodbye, Tierra del Fuego)
(2001) - travel writing
- Le son des tambours sur la neige et autres nouvelles
d'ailleurs (The Sound of Drums on Snow, and Other News from
Elsewhere) (2002)
- Les Royaumes de Borée (The Kingdoms of Borée) (2003) -
novel
- En canot sur les chemins d'eau du roi, une aventure en
Amérique (2005) - travel writing
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