Maurice Pujo
Maurice Pujo | |
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| Born | 26 January 1872 Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux, Seine-et-Marne, France |
| Died | 6 September 1955 (aged 83) |
| Education | Université de Paris |
| Occupations | Journalist, politician |
| Organization | Action française
Ligue de la patrie française Union pour la vérité |
| Known for | Co-founder of Action Française Launched the journal La Revue jeune, later renamed L’Art et la Vie |
| Notable work | Le règne de la grâce (essay) La Guerre et l’Homme |
| Movement | Action Française |
| Children | 1 |
Maurice Pujo (French: [mɔʁis pyʒo, moʁ-]; 26 January 1872 – 6 September 1955) was a French journalist and co-founder of the nationalist and monarchist Action Française movement. He became the leader of the Camelots du Roi, the youth organization of the Action Française which took part in many right-wing demonstrations in the years before World War II (1939–45). After World War II he was imprisoned for collaborationist activity.