Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - De Benoist akanga achiri kuchikoro chesekondari paLycée Montaigne naLouis-le-Grand panguva yemhirizhonga yehondo yeAlgeria
(1954-1962), nguva yakaumba maonero ake ezvematongerwe enyika. Muna 1957, akasangana nomwanasikana womutori wenhau anorwisana nevaJudha uye anofunga nezvokurangana Henry Coston. Kubva pazera remakore gumi nemashanu, de Benoist akatanga kufarira kurudyi kwenyika; akatanga basa rake semutori wenhau muna 1960 nekunyora zvinyorwa zvemabhuku nemagazini yeCoston "Lectures Françaises", kazhinji mukudzivirira humambo hweFrance hwekoloni uye sangano rinotsigira koloni Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS). Zvisinei, de Benoist akaramba ari kure nedzidziso dzokurangana dzaCoston pamusoro peFreemasonry navaJudha.