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Fabrice Hadjadj

French writer and philosopher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ2439239
Source-derived summary

Fabrice Hadjadj (born 1971) is a French philosopher. Hadjadj was born in Nanterre to Jewish parents of Tunisian heritage. In his teens he was an atheist and anarchist, and he maintained a nihilistic attitude for most of his twenties until, in 1998, he converted to Catholicism.

His book Réussir sa mort: Anti-méthode pour vivre, won the Grand prix catholique de littérature in 2006. Currently Hadjadj teaches philosophy and literature in Toulon. He is married to the actress Siffreine Michel. They have ten children. In 2014, Hadjadj was nominated as member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Fabrice Hadjadj” as french writer and philosopher. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1998, 2006, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-09-15. The account is most persuasive where Fabrice, Hadjadj and French can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as french writer and philosopher. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2439239. VIAF identifies the subject as 229678873. The Library of Congress control number is n96021480. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971, 1998, 2006 and 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from Fabrice Hadjadj” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.