What is Dominique Venner?
{{Infobox writer | name = Dominique Venner |image = |image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_name = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|04|16}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|05|21|1935|4|16}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Writer, historian, editor, soldier, activist | nationality = French | signature = | alma_mater = | genre = Non-fiction (History) | notableworks = ''Le Coeur rebelle'',<br>''Baltikum: dans le Reich de la défaite, le combat des corps-francs, 1918-1923'',<br>''Histoire et Tradition des Européens: 30000 ans d'identité'',<br>''Ernst Jünger: Un autre destin européen'' | awards = Broquette Gonin Price, 1981 (issued by the Académie française) }} '''Dominique Venner''' (April 16, 1935 &ndash; May 21, 2013) was a [[France|French]] historian, journalist and essayist. He later became a European nationalist before withdrawing from politics to focus on a career as a historian. He specialized in military and political history. ==Early life== Venner was born on April 16, 1935 in [[Paris]], [[France]]. He was raised in Paris, France. Venner was influenced by the writings of [[Ernst Jünger]]. He never married and had no children. ==Death== On May 21, 2013, about 4 p.m., Venner committed [[suicide]] by firearm in the [[cathedral]] of [[Notre Dame de Paris]],<ref>[http://www.europe1.fr/Faits-divers/Paris-suicide-a-Notre-Dame-d-un-ex-OAS-1524647/ Suicide à Notre-Dame d'un ex-OAS]</ref> which led to the evacuation of about 1,500 people from the cathedral.<ref>{{cite news|author=Angelique Chrisafis in Paris |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/21/french-historian-kills-himself-notre-dame-gay-marriage |title=French historian kills himself at Notre Dame Cathedral after gay marriage rant |publisher=Guardian |date=2009-11-21 |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref> He had been an opponent of Muslim immigration to France and Europe, as well as what he believed to be the Americanization of Euro