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Jean-Edern Hallier
1936Mar, 1

Jean-Edern Hallier

Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
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.

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