Original sentence: A conservative journalist and activist in the 1930s, he renounced politics when he began working as a novelist and literary critic.Although vociferously argued against by many readers of Blanchot, arguably he was (in ideological terms) quite reactionary in the late 1930s, writing for the nationalistic and often anti-semitic non-conformist journal Combat.Furthermore, he consistently displayed an unwillingness to publish except in the literary and philosophical forums of his choice.His sole public appearance since then was in support of young Left during the events of May 1968.Little is known about Blanchot's life and hee remains one of the most mysterious figures of contemporary literature.No interview, no biographical sketch, not even a photograph has ever been published.The main intellectual biography of Blanchot is by Christophe Bident: Maurice Blanchot, partenaire invisible.Yet for fifty years he remained a consistent champion of modern literature and its tradition in French letters
Edited sentence: Because of his almost obsessive post-WWII seclusion, his refusal to be interviewed, and his unwillingness to publish except in the literary and philosophical forums of his choice, in short because of his distance from any sort of public sphere, rather little is known about Blanchot's life.In ideological terms Blanchot was quite reactionary in the late 1930s; he wrote for the nationalistic and often anti-semitic non-conformist journal Combat.The main intellectual biography of Blanchot is by Christophe Bident, Maurice Blanchot, partenaire invisible