Saturday, 15 September 2012
French writer Richard Millet, who caused an uproar late August for praising Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik in a pamphlet, has had to step down from a top position with France’s prestigious publisher Gallimard, though he remains on the payroll.Source: France24
A writer who argued in an essay that Norway deserved mass-killer Anders Breivik has been forced to step down from a prestigious role with top French publishers Gallimard.
Richard Millet remains a Gallimard employee, the company stressed Friday, but he will no longer sit on its committee of readers, which helps select books for publication and shapes the output of established writers.
Millet will continue to look after the writers he handled for the publishers, Gallimard said.
It remains to be seen how many of them will want to continue to be associated with him following an outcry over a publication branded "fascist" by a group of 120 writers this week.
Antoine Gallimard, chief executive of the publisher, had written to Millet to express his shock at the end of August, soon after the pamphlet "In Literary Praise of Anders Breivik" was published.
On Monday, Gallimard wrote to the writer once more to remind him that "as a member of the committee of readers, he represents the (publishing) house."
Millet's position had been made untenable and he duly announced his resignation from the reading committee late on Thursday.
The writer insists he does not approve of Breivik's crimes but wrote approvingly of the Norwegian's 1,500-page online manifesto which outlines his hatred for social democracy, immigration and multiculturalism.
"Breivik is without doubt what Norway deserves," Millet wrote, arguing that the killer was as much a child of a broken family as he was the product of an ideological-racial divide caused by immigration from outside Europe.
A prolific novelist and essayist, Millet has been the editor of two winners of France's literary prize, the Goncourt -- Jonathan Littel (2006) and last year's winner Alexis Jenni.
Despite a traditional reluctance in France's literary world to do anything which could be seen as restricting the freedom of speech, several Gallimard writers had urged the publisher to distance itself from Millet.
In an article for Le Monde this week, to which 120 writers put their names, novelist Annie Ernaux desribed the essay as a "fascist pamphlet that is a disgrace to literature."
Labels:
Anders Behring Breivik,
deprivation of livelihood as a means of political control,
France,
moral totalitarianism,
Richard Millet
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Blog Archive
- 2014 (133)
- 2013 (1087)
-
2012
(925)
- December(56)
- November(57)
- October(62)
-
September(117)
- Abu Hamza Fathers Criminal Brood
- Farewell Salamanca
- Front National Politician Attacked Outside His Hom...
- France: Jewish Defence League Graffiti on Mosque
- Greek Police Send Crime Victims to neo-Nazi 'Prote...
- Qatar to Finance French Banlieues
- Largest Mosque Ever Built in France Inaugurated in...
- Famous French Chef Attacked in his Home City: "Pis...
- 1 in 10 French Indigenes Has Been Victim of Racism...
- Muslim Street Prayers in London
- France: Senior Politician Denounces "Anti-White Ra...
- The Spanish Mohammed Cartoons
- Spanish Satirical Magazine Joins the Mohammed Fray...
- Andrew Norfolk
- Greek Ministers Debate Outlawing Golden Dawn
- Amy’s parents thought she was happy and safe. They...
- Paris: Kosher Butcher Attacked for Taking Photogra...
- Athens: Muslims Riot and Burn American Flag in Pri...
- Tours Wakes to the Sound of the Muezzin
- Melilla: Spanish Man Intervenes to Stop Muslim Bea...
- French Church Vandalised with Graffiti: "Islam is ...
- Golden Dawn Opens Office in New York
- Police Covered Up Muslim Sex Slavery
- Athens: Police Fire Tear Gas at Pakis
- Muslims Swarm Spanish Border Crossings
- Cervantes in Salamanca
- Burka Things Protest Against Mohammed Film in Lill...
- Muslim Tries to Buy Controlling Interest in Charli...
- Le Monde Interview with Marine Le Pen
- Spain: Anti-Infidel Graffitti in Ceuta
- "Learn Your Place, Fucking Plebs!"
- Rushdie: J'accuse l'islam
- German Satirical Magazine Publishes Mohammed Image...
- PVV Calls for EU Parliament Speaker to be Removed ...
- Greece: Poll Shows Golden Dawn at 22%
- Humza Yousaf Linked to Another Terrorist
- Guardian Recommends Germans Learn Turkish to Aid I...
- Mohammedan Arrested, Suspected of Planning to Assa...
- Spain: Muslim Kills Horse By Anally Raping it With...
- Medieval Mohammed Cartoon
- Between 5000 and 7000 Gang Rapes Each Year in Fran...
- Leader of Anti-Islam PRO Movement in Germany Inclu...
- Burmese Show Us How to Do it
- French President Fancies Himself an Islamic Schola...
- Charlie Hebdo To Publish New Mohammed Cartoons
- "Delinquency-Promoting Ideology": 63% of Domestic ...
- French Actress: "Like many French people, I am an ...
- "Don't Touch My Prophet!"
- Fourest Blaims Not Islamists but Pro-Islamist Left...
- German Mayor Tells Brutal Truth About the Multicul...
- France to Ban Anti-US Protests
- Britain: Support for Welfare Spending Falls Dramat...
- French Leftist Attacked by Muslims at Communist Fe...
- Pope Holds Up Lebanon as Example of Successful Coe...
- Attack on German Embassy in Sudan Was Motivated By...
- British Public Want Less Immigration and Less Isla...
- Belgium: More Than 120 Arrests During Muslim Film ...
- Paris: 150 Arrests During Muslim Rioting in Front ...
- Islam-Critical Documentary Banned in Russia Due to...
- Grenoble: 71-Year-Old Muslim Rapist Claims He Was ...
- Richard Millet Forced to Quit Top Post Over Breivi...
- German Interior Minister Says Provocateurs Who Ups...
- Muslims Protest Outside US Embassy: "Islam Will Do...
- Turks Protest Against the Film 'Innocence of Musli...
- Muslim Illegals Flooding into Greece and Europe fr...
- Muslim Toughs Hired to Escort Doctors in French No...
- Recruitment Poster for German Police
- Germany: Immigrants Twice as Likely to be Mentally...
- Seine-Saint-Denis: Burial Place of French Kings Oc...
- Robert Fisk Blames "Internet Clever Clogs" For Mus...
- French Teacher Beaten Up By Muslim Pupil In Disput...
- Telegraph Blogger Gloats at Use of Violence Agains...
- Golden Dawn Beat Up Doctor Who Demanded Bribe to T...
- Komment Macht Frei Calls for Suppression of Free S...
- Limoges Mosque Defaced With Excrement
- The Innocence of Muslims
- German Welfare System Supports Muslim Polygamy
- Market Vendors' Association Supports Golden Dawn
- Stamp to Celebrate Diversity Issued in Germany
- Why the Notion of a "White Race" Is a Sucker's Tra...
- Dutch Labour Party Candidate Releases Election Vid...
- Witchhunt Against Richard Millet for his Praise of...
- Greece: Police Move Against Golden Dawn
- Kurdish Culture Enriches Europe: 80 Police Wounded...
- Policewomen Sacked for Comparing Negroes to Monkey...
- "French Filth!": French Soldiers Attacked by Jeune...
- Muslim Presence Turns Patron Saint Festival Into W...
- Czech President Warns Against "Ideology of Human R...
- Muslims Secretly Arranging Child Marriages in Brit...
- Golden Dawn Smash Market Stalls Run by Illegals
- Islamophobia is Antisemitism
- Germany: Professor Under Criminal Investigation fo...
- Think the Warsi Problem is Over?
- Greek Police: "We Are Sitting on a Time Bomb"
- Remembering Europe's Political Prisoners
- Humza Yousaf Becomes Scotland's First Muslim Minis...
- Freud on the Loss of Religious Faith in Europe
- Marseilles: "The Balance of Power is Inverted"
- Golden Dawn Now the Third Party in Greece
- Bishop of Montauban: "Islam Cannot Not Live Public...
- August(98)
- July(73)
- June(61)
- May(52)
- April(61)
- March(102)
- February(62)
- January(124)
- 2011 (1290)
- 2010 (23)
- 2009 (4)
Powered by Blogger.

Blog Archive
-
▼
2012
(925)
-
▼
September
(117)
- Abu Hamza Fathers Criminal Brood
- Farewell Salamanca
- Front National Politician Attacked Outside His Hom...
- France: Jewish Defence League Graffiti on Mosque
- Greek Police Send Crime Victims to neo-Nazi 'Prote...
- Qatar to Finance French Banlieues
- Largest Mosque Ever Built in France Inaugurated in...
- Famous French Chef Attacked in his Home City: "Pis...
- 1 in 10 French Indigenes Has Been Victim of Racism...
- Muslim Street Prayers in London
- France: Senior Politician Denounces "Anti-White Ra...
- The Spanish Mohammed Cartoons
- Spanish Satirical Magazine Joins the Mohammed Fray...
- Andrew Norfolk
- Greek Ministers Debate Outlawing Golden Dawn
- Amy’s parents thought she was happy and safe. They...
- Paris: Kosher Butcher Attacked for Taking Photogra...
- Athens: Muslims Riot and Burn American Flag in Pri...
- Tours Wakes to the Sound of the Muezzin
- Melilla: Spanish Man Intervenes to Stop Muslim Bea...
- French Church Vandalised with Graffiti: "Islam is ...
- Golden Dawn Opens Office in New York
- Police Covered Up Muslim Sex Slavery
- Athens: Police Fire Tear Gas at Pakis
- Muslims Swarm Spanish Border Crossings
- Cervantes in Salamanca
- Burka Things Protest Against Mohammed Film in Lill...
- Muslim Tries to Buy Controlling Interest in Charli...
- Le Monde Interview with Marine Le Pen
- Spain: Anti-Infidel Graffitti in Ceuta
- "Learn Your Place, Fucking Plebs!"
- Rushdie: J'accuse l'islam
- German Satirical Magazine Publishes Mohammed Image...
- PVV Calls for EU Parliament Speaker to be Removed ...
- Greece: Poll Shows Golden Dawn at 22%
- Humza Yousaf Linked to Another Terrorist
- Guardian Recommends Germans Learn Turkish to Aid I...
- Mohammedan Arrested, Suspected of Planning to Assa...
- Spain: Muslim Kills Horse By Anally Raping it With...
- Medieval Mohammed Cartoon
- Between 5000 and 7000 Gang Rapes Each Year in Fran...
- Leader of Anti-Islam PRO Movement in Germany Inclu...
- Burmese Show Us How to Do it
- French President Fancies Himself an Islamic Schola...
- Charlie Hebdo To Publish New Mohammed Cartoons
- "Delinquency-Promoting Ideology": 63% of Domestic ...
- French Actress: "Like many French people, I am an ...
- "Don't Touch My Prophet!"
- Fourest Blaims Not Islamists but Pro-Islamist Left...
- German Mayor Tells Brutal Truth About the Multicul...
- France to Ban Anti-US Protests
- Britain: Support for Welfare Spending Falls Dramat...
- French Leftist Attacked by Muslims at Communist Fe...
- Pope Holds Up Lebanon as Example of Successful Coe...
- Attack on German Embassy in Sudan Was Motivated By...
- British Public Want Less Immigration and Less Isla...
- Belgium: More Than 120 Arrests During Muslim Film ...
- Paris: 150 Arrests During Muslim Rioting in Front ...
- Islam-Critical Documentary Banned in Russia Due to...
- Grenoble: 71-Year-Old Muslim Rapist Claims He Was ...
- Richard Millet Forced to Quit Top Post Over Breivi...
- German Interior Minister Says Provocateurs Who Ups...
- Muslims Protest Outside US Embassy: "Islam Will Do...
- Turks Protest Against the Film 'Innocence of Musli...
- Muslim Illegals Flooding into Greece and Europe fr...
- Muslim Toughs Hired to Escort Doctors in French No...
- Recruitment Poster for German Police
- Germany: Immigrants Twice as Likely to be Mentally...
- Seine-Saint-Denis: Burial Place of French Kings Oc...
- Robert Fisk Blames "Internet Clever Clogs" For Mus...
- French Teacher Beaten Up By Muslim Pupil In Disput...
- Telegraph Blogger Gloats at Use of Violence Agains...
- Golden Dawn Beat Up Doctor Who Demanded Bribe to T...
- Komment Macht Frei Calls for Suppression of Free S...
- Limoges Mosque Defaced With Excrement
- The Innocence of Muslims
- German Welfare System Supports Muslim Polygamy
- Market Vendors' Association Supports Golden Dawn
- Stamp to Celebrate Diversity Issued in Germany
- Why the Notion of a "White Race" Is a Sucker's Tra...
- Dutch Labour Party Candidate Releases Election Vid...
- Witchhunt Against Richard Millet for his Praise of...
- Greece: Police Move Against Golden Dawn
- Kurdish Culture Enriches Europe: 80 Police Wounded...
- Policewomen Sacked for Comparing Negroes to Monkey...
- "French Filth!": French Soldiers Attacked by Jeune...
- Muslim Presence Turns Patron Saint Festival Into W...
- Czech President Warns Against "Ideology of Human R...
- Muslims Secretly Arranging Child Marriages in Brit...
- Golden Dawn Smash Market Stalls Run by Illegals
- Islamophobia is Antisemitism
- Germany: Professor Under Criminal Investigation fo...
- Think the Warsi Problem is Over?
- Greek Police: "We Are Sitting on a Time Bomb"
- Remembering Europe's Political Prisoners
- Humza Yousaf Becomes Scotland's First Muslim Minis...
- Freud on the Loss of Religious Faith in Europe
- Marseilles: "The Balance of Power is Inverted"
- Golden Dawn Now the Third Party in Greece
- Bishop of Montauban: "Islam Cannot Not Live Public...
-
▼
September
(117)

4 comments:
These people are cultural cowards. Why do they ignore the softly spoken, gentle person who felt it was 'appropriate' to kill on that Island? The gentle soul who was not 'mad'? They have no colour, no darkness of the soul, lacking empathy as art. The survivors and families surely deserve more than that which is given. I pray for Anders as WE prayed for those he killed in Church. 'Over identification' I ask??! And to think in the recent past I have said Jung was a 'NAZI lover', while always admiring the works, the philosophy of the man.
I now feel obliged because of Big Brother, because of the Thought Police to say I reject all forms of violence. (Yawn) Do I know what Freedom is?
If this writers views are so far beyond the pale,then why give him the oxygen of publicity?It can only be to make an example of him for thier own disgusting political purposes.These people are hardly objective and just because they dis-agree the entire world must be prevented from even reading his work?smacks of hysteria to me.
Richard Millet is loosing his job because he express a view, and an anlysis, that is not inline with the general consensus. So much for freedom of speech in Europe anno 2012. However, i would like to read his essay myself, instead of relying on the journalist filtered extractions. Does there exist an english translation?
Post a Comment