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| - | [[Maurice Girodias]] @90 | + | # A [[crustacean]] of the [[infraorder]] ''[[Brachyura]]'', having five pairs of legs, the [[foremost]] of which are in the form of [[claw]]s, and a [[carapace]]. |
| - | + | # A [[bad-tempered]] person. | |
| - | [[toilet]] [[train]] [[dirty money]] [[diarrhea]] | + | # An [[infestation]] of [[pubic lice]]. |
| - | + | # A [[playing card]] with the rank of three. | |
| - | '''Maurice Girodias''' ([[12 April]] [[1919]] - [[3 July]] [[1990]]), was the founder of the [[Olympia Press|The Olympia Press]]. At one time he was the owner of his father's [[Obelisk Press]], and spent most of his productive years in [[Paris]]. | + | |
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| - | The son of the [[Manchester]] born [[Jack Kahane]] and a French heiress, Girodias lived a relatively idyllic childhood, until the [[Great Depression|Depression]] forced his father to take up a new profession, namely [[publishing]] risqué books in English at Paris for the consumption of foreign tourists, who because of [[censorship]] could not obtain such materials at home. French censorship laws had a [[loophole]] allowing [[English language|English]] works to be published without domestic confiscation. | + | |
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| - | Kahane's venture (Girodias later took his mother's birth name to hide his [[Jewish]] background from the [[Nazis]]) was called the [[Obelisk Press]][. It published notorious works by [[Frank Harris]], [[Henry Miller]] and [[Anaïs Nin]], as well as several pieces of light [[erotica]] written by Kahane himself. | + | |
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| - | Girodias's involvement with his father's business started early. In [[1934]], at the age of 15, Girodias drew the disturbing [[crab]] picture seen on the original cover of ''[[Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]''. After his father's early death in [[1939]], Girodias took over publishing duties, and at the age of 20 managed to survive [[Paris]], [[World War II]], [[Military occupation|Occupation]] and [[paper]] shortages. | + | |
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| - | After the war, with his brother [[Eric Kahane]], Girodias expanded operations, publishing ''[[Zorba the Greek]]'' and Miller's ''[[Sexus]]'', among other texts. The latter volume touched off a firestorm in France, with trials and arrests for [[obscenity]]. The [[Affaire Miller]] ended with Girodias out of jail, but bankrupt and no longer in control of his company. | + | |
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- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- A bad-tempered person.
- An infestation of pubic lice.
- A playing card with the rank of three.
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