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Victor Méric
Victor Méric is the pseudonym of Henri Coudon (10 May 1876 – 10 October 1933), a French journalist and libertarian author. He contributed to various anarchist journals before World War I (1914–18). Despite being a pacifist, he served in the army during the war. Afterwards he joined the French Communist Party, but was expelled in 1923 for his pacifist convictions. He wrote a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction, and founded the "Ligue internationale des combattants de la paix"
In 1931 he launched the pacifist newspaper "La Patrie Humaine" and created the "Ligue internationale des combattants de la paix" (LICP: International League of Fighters for Peace).
Victor Méric died of cancer in Paris on 10 October 1933.
He was cremated on 13 October 1933 in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Work.
Victor Méric contributed many articles to journals including "Le Libertaire", "La Guerre Sociale", "Les Hommes du jour", "La Barricade",