Maurice Girodias
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Maurice Girodias was a French publisher best known for championing avant-garde and controversial literature, including works banned or censored in other countries.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maurice Girodias canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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publisher ⓘ |
| activity |
challenging literary censorship
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publishing works banned in the United Kingdom ⓘ publishing works banned in the United States ⓘ |
| birthName | Maurice Kahane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-08-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-07-03 ⓘ |
| employer | Olympia Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
erotic literature
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experimental literature ⓘ publishing ⓘ underground literature ⓘ |
| founded | Olympia Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genrePublished |
erotica
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modernist fiction ⓘ pornographic fiction ⓘ surrealist literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableLegalIssue | obscenity prosecutions related to Olympia Press titles ⓘ |
| knownFor | founding Olympia Press ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| name | Maurice Girodias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
publishing avant-garde literature
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publishing banned books ⓘ publishing censored books ⓘ publishing controversial literature ⓘ |
| notablePublication |
Junkie (William S. Burroughs)
NERFINISHED
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Lolita (first English-language edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Story of O (English edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ginger Man (uncut edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Naked Lunch (early edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Olympia Reader NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
memoirist
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publisher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| parent | Jack Kahane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld |
editor at Olympia Press
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owner of Olympia Press ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor |
Henry Miller
NERFINISHED
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J. P. Donleavy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Genet NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Nabokov NERFINISHED ⓘ William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Jack Kahane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| wrote | The Frog Prince: An Autobiography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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