Renaud Marhic Explained

Notable Works:French: Les Lutins Urbains, French: Enquête sur les extrémistes de l'occulte
Language:French
Birth Place:Brest, Brittany, France

Renaud Marhic (born July 1965) is a French writer and journalist. He has written non-fiction books ontopics including cults, the far-right, pseudoscience, terrorism, and religious fundamentalism. Marhic isalso the writer of several crime novels, and the children's book series French: Les Lutins Urbains.

Early life

Renaud Marhic was born July 1965, in Brest, Brittany, France.[1] He had a column in the newspaper , which focused on rumors.[2] He contributed as an investigative journalist to several other publications, including Charlie Hebdo, Le Nouvel Obs, VSD, and .[3]

Marhic was the founder and president of the group . Formed in June 1999, they gathered in Paris to celebrate the failure of Paco Rabanne's predictions of the Mir space station crashing into France. The group was to be disbanded later in August.[4]

Writing career

Marhic has written non fiction books on topic relating to cults, the far-right, pseudoscience, terrorism, and religious fundamentalism. He has been referred to as a cult expert by the media.[5] He was the editor of the French: Faits et illusions series, which focused on pseudoscientific and paranormal topics from a scientific perspective.

In 1995, he published a book discussing the Order of the Solar Temple cult affair (a religious movement that had committed several high profile acts of mass murder-suicide). The following year, he released an updated and expanded edition.[6] In the book, he argues that the OTS did not dissolve after the first mass suicide, and a new leader had succeeded the dead ones; the group would commit another mass suicide later that year.[7] [8] [9] He does not name the supposed third leader, but implicates Michel Tabachnik.

His past experience writing books related to crime, including the Solar Temple case, led to his interest in writing crime fiction.[10] After the turn of the millennium, he wrote fiction novels and children's literature. He is the writer of the novel series Polars & Grimoires, published by and the French: Les Lutins Urbains children's book series published by . French: Les Lutins Urbains is inspired by Marhic's childhood experiences being told Breton folk tales. In presenting his works, he sometimes has displays of his characters as holograms.[11] [12]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

Fiction

Children's literature

Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-03-16 . Renaud Marhic. Le Petit reporter de l'imaginaire . Renaud Marhic. The Little Reporter of the Imagination . subscription . 2024-10-30 . . fr-FR.
  2. Web site: 2002-04-05 . Renaud Marhic . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021207160033/http://www.hoaxbuster.com/interviews/detail.php?idInterview=3190 . 2002-12-07 . 2024-10-30 . HoaxBuster . fr-FR.
  3. News: 2011-09-24 . Rencontre. Renaud Marhic ce matin à la Maison de la presse . Meeting. Renaud Marhic this morning at the Maison de la presse . 2024-10-30 . . fr-FR.
  4. News: Rambourg . Gersend . 1999-08-12 . Un paquet de lessive s'écrase à Saint-Germain . Packet of detergent crashes in Saint-Germain . 2024-10-30 . . 26 . fr-CH . . 186 . Agence France-Presse.
  5. News: Arnal . Sonia . 2011-08-21 . Breivik n'est pas le seul passionné de Templiers . Breivik is not the only Templar enthusiast . 2024-10-30 . . 69 . fr-CH . . 232.
  6. News: Pellegrini . Vincent . 1996-03-22 . Obscur Temple solaire . Dark Solar Temple . 2024-10-30 . . 5 . fr-CH . . 68.
  7. Hamel . Ian . Auchlin . Pascal . 1995-12-29 . Les dix énigmes laissées par la secte diabolique . The ten riddles left by the diabolical cult . 2024-10-30 . . 11–12 . fr-CH . . 52.
  8. News: Juillerat . Roger . 1995-12-26 . "L'OTS existe toujours" . "The OTS still exists" . 2024-10-30 . . 3 . fr-CH . . 460.
  9. News: Juillerat . Roger . 1995-12-01 . L'OTS toujours fécond . The OTS continues to be fertile ground . 2024-10-30 . . 4 . fr-CH . . 335.
  10. News: Guénégou . Yann . 2023-12-16 . Salon du livre policier à Brest : la fiction, première vocation de Renaud Marhic . Salon du livre policier in Brest: fiction, Renaud Marhic's first vocation . 2024-10-30 . actu.fr . fr-FR.
  11. News: 2021-11-16 . Salon du livre de Tréveneuc : Renaud Marhic, écrivain ou magicien ? . Tréveneuc Book Fair: Renaud Marhic, writer or magician? . subscription . 2024-10-30 . . fr-FR.
  12. News: 2022-12-09 . Renaud Marhic, écrivain jeunesse, sera au salon du livre, dimanche à Saint-Philibert, avec ses hologrammes . Renaud Marhic, children's author, will be at the book fair in Saint-Philibert on Sunday with his holograms . subscription . 2024-10-30 . . fr-FR.

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