High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dominique Venner (born April 16, 1935, in Paris) is an award-winning French historian, journalist and essayist. Venner is a former militant of the far right and later became a European nationalist before withdrawing from politics to focus on a career as a historian. He specializes in military and political history. He is currently the editor of the La Nouvelle Revue d`Histoire, a bimonthly history magazine.