{"birth_date": "1920-08-02", "personal_name": "Pauwels, Louis", "alternate_names": ["L. Pauwels", "Maiastra (pseud.)"], "key": "/authors/OL136735A", "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q2268627", "isni": "0000000109118193", "viaf": "68934008", "lc_naf": "n50052792", "gnd": "118948660"}, "name": "Louis Pauwels", "source_records": ["amazon:6073132018", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-07-02", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-08-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-08-22:P9-DUR-569", "bwb:9781505477085", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/ab.bib.02.20150123.full.mrc:730966104:766", "ia:eternalman0000loui"], "bio": "Louis Pauwels, n\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris le 2 ao\u00fbt 1920 et mort \u00e0 Suresnes le 28 janvier 1997, \u00e9tait un journaliste et \u00e9crivain fran\u00e7ais. R\u00e9dacteur \u00e0 *Gavroche* en 1945 et \u00e0 l'hebdomadaire *Carrefour* \u00e0 partir de 1949, il devient en 1950 r\u00e9dacteur en chef de *Combat,* journal auquel il collaborait r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement depuis 1946. Il dirige ensuite le mensuel *Marie-France,* puis fonde avec Jacques Bergier la fameuse revue *Plan\u00e8te,* consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la science, \u00e0 la philosophie et \u00e0 l'\u00e9sot\u00e9risme, qu'il dirigera pendant six ans. *L'Amour monstre* \u00e9crit en 1954 et *Le Matin des magiciens,* co-\u00e9crit avec Jacques Bergier en 1960, constituent ses \u0153uvres majeures. En 1978, il fonde le *Figaro Magazine,* qu'il dirige jusqu'en 1993.\r\n\r\n\r\n----------\r\n\r\n\r\nLouis Pauwels, born in Paris on August 2, 1920 and died in Suresnes on January 28, 1997, was a French journalist and writer. Editor at *Gavroche* in 1945 and at the weekly *Carrefour* from 1949, he became editor-in-chief of Combat in March 1950, a newspaper to which he had contributed regularly since 1946. He then directed the monthly *Marie-France*, then founded with Jacques Bergier the famous magazine *Plan\u00e8te*, devoted to science, philosophy and esotericism, which he directed for six years. *L'Amour monstre* written in 1954 and *Le Matin des magiciens*, co-written with Jacques Bergier in 1960, constitute his major works. In 1978, he founded *Figaro Magazine*, which he directed until 1993.", "death_date": "1997-01-28", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "latest_revision": 6, "revision": 6, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-12-10T05:42:49.959804"}}