Gabriel Matzneff
French writer
- Born
- 1936
- Country
- France
Updated September 2026
About Gabriel Matzneff
Gabriel Michel Hippolyte Matzneff is a French writer and pedophile. During the 1980s, he made several trips to the Philippines where, as he described in one of his books, he raped pre-adolescent boys, some as young as 8 years old. Matzneff remained sheltered from prosecution throughout his literary career, benefiting from wide and enthusiastic support within French literary circles.
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