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Fernand Kolney
b. 1868
A sharp, provocative French man of letters, this novelist and journalist wrote under a pen name and moved close to anarchist and neo-Malthusian circles. His work blends fiction, pamphlet writing, and social argument in a way that still feels bold.
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Le salon de Madame Truphot: moeurs littéraires
by Fernand Kolney
About the author
Born on May 25, 1868, in Pantin, Fernand Kolney was the pen name of Ferdinand Édouard Pochon, also known as Fernand Pochon de Colnet. He was a French novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist who built a reputation as a lively and controversial literary voice.
He is especially remembered for his links to the libertarian and anarchist milieu in France, and for being one of the better-known writers associated with the neo-Malthusian campaign for birth control. That political and social engagement shaped much of his public writing, giving it an argumentative edge alongside its literary side.
Kolney died in Paris on March 12, 1930. Library and bibliography records confirm a substantial body of work under his pen name, reflecting a career that ranged across fiction, criticism, and polemical writing.