Pierre Guénin (19 February 1927 – 1 March 2017) was a French journalist and
gay rights activist
A list of notable LGBT rights activists who have worked to advance LGBT rights by political change, legal action or publication. Ordered by country, alphabetically.
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. He was an early publisher of LGBT magazines in the late 1960s and the 1970s, and the founder of the LGBT film awards in France. He was the founder of the eponymous Prix Pierre Guénin for LGBT activists.
Early life
Pierre Guénin was born in
Étampes
Étampes () is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southwest from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Étampes is a sub-prefecture of the Essonne department.
Étampes, together with the neighboring c ...
, France on 19 February 1927.
Career
Guénin was a journalist for ''
Cinémonde'', a magazine about cinema.
Guénin founded Editions S.A.N., a publisher of LGBT magazines, in 1967.
He was the founding editor of ''Eden'' and ''Olympe'', whose circulations were forbidden under President
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...
in 1978.
He subsequently founded ''In'' and ''Jean-Paul''.
Guénin founded the Prix Off, the first awards for LGBT films in France, in 1978.
In 2009, he founded the Prix Pierre Guénin, an annual prize for LGBT activists.
Guénin was the author of several books.
Death
Guénin died on 1 March 2017 in Paris at the age of 90.
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References
1927 births
2017 deaths
People from Étampes
20th-century French journalists
French non-fiction writers
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French LGBT rights activists
French gay writers
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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