At the beginning of the 1980s, Besson was a member of a circle of writers and historians around Olga Mavrogordato, widow of Colonel Arthur Stephen Mavrogordato.
Zu Beginn der 1980er-Jahre war Besson Mitglied des Schriftsteller- und Historikerzirkels um Olga Mavrogordato, Witwe von Arthur Stephen Mavrogordato.