Christophe Bourseiller Papers

Period 1960-2003
Total size  2.37 m.
Consultation  Not restricted

Biography

Born in Paris 1957; writer, actor and journalist, studied left-wing parties, cultural avant-garde and counter-cultures, published a dozen books on the Trotskyist movement, the theories of the Internationale Situationiste, Maoists in France and Messianic movements; played as a film-actor in several films by Jean-Luc Godard and others.

Content

Documents concerning maoist and marxist-leninist groups and parties in France and other countries; journals, internal documents, pamphlets, brochures etc. of the Parti Communiste Marxiste-Léniniste de France, the Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France and others 1963-1999; files regarding his publications `Les Maoïstes: la folle histoire des gardes rouges français', `Cet étrange monsieur Blondel: enquête sur le syndicat Force Ouvrière' and `Vie et mort de Guy Debord'; correspondence and other documents regarding his research for these and other publications, including copies of correspondence by Guy Debord with various persons (1960-) 1990-2003.

Documents concerning maoist and marxist-leninist groups and parties in France and other countries; journals, internal documents, pamphlets, brochures etc. of the Parti Communiste Marxiste-Leniniste de France, the Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France and others 1963-1999.

Documents concerning publications by Christophe Bourseiller.

Correspondence (mostly stencilled) by a.o. Guy Debord, René Riesel, Gianfranco Sanguinetti and Tony Verlaan and other documents concerning discussions in the Internationale Situationniste, communicated by François de Beaulieu 1968-1971.

Processing information

List made by Bernard Mantel in 2003 and 2005 and by Bouwe Hijma in 2007