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Jean-Charles Fortuné Henry

Known for
anti-militarist
Born
Died

Biography

French anarchist militant, anti-militarist and founder of the libertarian Aiglemont community. His father, Henry Fortune (1821-1882) was sentenced to death in absentia for being a member of the Paris Commune, and his brother, Émile, was guillotined for committing two attentats, including the Café Terminus bombing on February 26, 1894. Artists who came to Aiglemont included the cartoonist Alexandre Steinlen, playwright Maurice Donnay, journalist and novelist Lucien Descaves, the painter Francis Jourdain, and the novelist Anatole France.