Gérard de Sède
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Géraud-Marie de Sède, baron de Liéoux (5 June 1921 – 30 May 2004)[1] was a French author, writing under the nom-de-plume of Gérard de Sède, and a member of various surrealist organizations. He was born into an aristocratic family from Comminges, the son of Marcel Alfred Gustave de Sède, baron de Liéoux[2] and Aimée de Sède de Liéoux 's first cousins, once removed. De Sède's father was the senior editor of the Catholic newspaper Le Courrier du Pas-de-Calais owned by the De Sède family.[3]
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Gérard de Sède | |
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Born | Géraud-Marie de Sède de Liéoux (1921-06-05)5 June 1921 Paris (17th arrondissement), France |
Died | 30 May 2004(2004-05-30) (aged 82) Désertines (Montluçon), France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | journalist, author |
Known for | Surrealism, Gisors, Rennes-le-Château |
De Sède authored more than 20 books and contributed articles to various magazines, sometimes using the pseudonyms Pumaz, Allard, Gillot and Simon.[4] He is best known for his 1967 book L'Or de Rennes, ou La Vie insolite de Bérenger Saunière, curé de Rennes-le-Château ("The Gold of Rennes, or The Strange Life of Bérenger Saunière, Priest of Rennes-le-Château"), published as a paperback in 1968 entitled Le Trésor Maudit de Rennes-le-Château ("The Accursed Treasure of Rennes-le-Château"). A revised and updated version entitled Signé: Rose+Croix was published in 1977.