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Galopin, 2004 (ISBN\u00a09782916086071).The Art of Guillotining Procreators: An Anti-natalist Manifesto, Nancy, ed. Le Mort-Qui-Trompe, 2006 (ISBN\u00a0978-2916502007).Diogenesis, Fluorescent Poems to Wait Between Two Genocides, Brussels, ed. Maelstr\u00f6m, 2008 (ISBN\u00a0978-2-9303-5587-0).Cold Love, Satanic Sex and Funny Suicide, preface by Jean-Luc De Meyer, Nancy, ed. Le Mort-Qui-Trompe, 2008 (ISBN\u00a09782916502076).Aphorisms for the Use of Future Familicides, preface by Corinne Maier, foreword by Serge Poliart, Brussels, ed. Maelstr\u00f6m, 2013 (ISBN\u00a02-9165-0200-9).The Childfree Christ: Antinatalism in Early Christianity, ed. AFNIL, 2021 (ISBN\u00a0978-2960273700).See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b Noualhat, Laure (2010-08-06). “Trop mioche, la vie”. Lib\u00e9ration.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ a b “En bref”. La Libre.be (in French). 2004-01-23. Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ “De l’impertinence de procr\u00e9er \u2013 Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud”. Le Carnet et les Instants (in French). November 2000 \u2013 January 2001.^ Blavier, Andr\u00e9 (2000). Les Fous Litt\u00e9raires (in French). Paris: Editions des Cendres. pp.\u00a0924\u2013925. ISBN\u00a09782867420948.^ Watelet, Vincent (September\u2013October 2006). “L’Art de guillotiner les procr\u00e9ateurs”. Indications (in French).^ Detaille, St\u00e9phane (2008-09-11). “Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud – Le Soir”. Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ a b Allard, Eric (June 2006). “Le Dernier Tabou”. Remue-M\u00e9ninges (in French).^ a b Akerma, Karim (2013-09-27). “Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud: L’art de guillotiner les procr\u00e9ateurs”. Tabula Rasa (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ Tremblay, Francois (2014-10-01). “Review of L’Art de Guillotiner Les Procreateurs by Theophile de Giraud”. The Prime Directive. Retrieved 2018-05-20.^ Giraud, Daniel (April 2010). “L’Art de guillotiner les procr\u00e9ateurs, Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud”. Pages Insulaires (in French).^ Chenot, Francis (Spring 2009). “Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud \u2013 Diogen\u00e8ses”. L’Arbre \u00e0 paroles. Amay.^ a b Maltaverne, Patrice (Autumn 2008). “De Giraud: Autre forme de manifeste”. Le Mensuel Litt\u00e9raire et Po\u00e9tique (in French).^ de Giraud, Th\u00e9ophile (January 2009). “Cold Love, Satanic Sex and Funny Suicide”. PPPZine (Punk Post-Punk Magazine) (in French).^ “La surpopulation, trop peu de monde en parle. Rencontre avec Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud”. Causes Toujours (in French). 2014-09-19. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ “Noi, mai padri”. la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ Chafweh\u00e9, Fran\u00e7ois (2009-04-18). “Le 16 mai, jour de la f\u00eate des\u2026 non-parents?”. La Capitale (in French).^ “Congo: Histoire blanche, voix noires, zones grises” (PDF). T\u00e9l\u00e9-Moustique (in French). 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2020-03-01.^ Saylor, Audrey (2012-05-25). ““Ils veulent tuer tout le monde”: feu sur Nokidland”. L’Obs (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ “Happening au Sacr\u00e9-Coeur!”. France Inter (in French). 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-17.^ Carroll, Laura (2013-08-01). “Happy International Childfree Day! Announcing 2013 Childfree Woman and Man of the Year”. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-17.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/theophile-de-giraud-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Th\u00e9ophile de Giraud – Wikipedia"}}]}]