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Jean Varenne was born on 12 June, 1926 in Marseille, France, is a French Indologist. Discover Jean Varenne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Indologist
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 12 June 1926
Birthday 12 June
Birthplace Marseille, France
Date of death 12 July, 1997
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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1926

Jean Varenne (12 June 1926 – 12 July 1997) was a French Indologist and a prominent figure of the Nouvelle Droite.

He taught Sanskrit at the Aix-Marseille University, then at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, where he was eventually nominated professor emeritus.

Varenne has also been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, and at other universities in India, Cambodia and Mexico.

Jean Varenne was born on 12 June 1926 in Marseille, Provence.

He attended Lycée Thiers, then Aix-Marseille University and the University of Paris, earning a PhD in Sanskrit studies at the École des Hautes Études.

Varenne was a member of the French School of the Far East, and taught in India and Cambodia.

1960

Varenne also worked as a visiting professor at El Colegio de México and at the University of Chicago in the second part of the 1960s.

1962

In 1962, he received a teaching position at Aix-Marseille, where he founded the Department of Indian Studies in the early 1960s.

1974

In 1974, Varenne joined the patronage committee of Nouvelle École, a review published by GRECE, an ethno-nationalist think tank led by Alain de Benoist.

1980

He quit his teaching position at Aix-Marseille in 1980, and co-founded with Jean Haudry and Jean-Paul Allard the "Institute of Indo-European Studies" (IEIE) at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 the same year.

During the 1980s, Varenne directed the series "Le Monde Indien" in the prestigious publishing house Les Belles Lettres, and he founded the Belles Lettres collection "Études Indo-Européennes" in 1987.

1981

He was appointed professor of Sanskrit philology, Indian civilization and history of religions at Lyon 3 in 1981.

Varenne was also involved with the neo-fascist magazine Défense de l'Occident, led by Maurice Bardèche.

1984

He served as the president of GRECE from 1984 to 1987, and was also a member of the Institute of Formation of the Front National (FN) of Jean-Marie Le Pen.

1990

In 1990 he was nominated to the "Scientific Council" of the FN.

1997

At the end of his life, Varenne was working on an Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religions; only articles on Hinduism were published at the time of his death on 12 July 1997.