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Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline (/ s eɪ ˈ l iː n / say-LEEN, French: [lwi fɛʁdinɑ̃ selin] ⓘ), was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician.
Jun 27, 2024 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline (born May 27, 1894, Courbevoie, near Paris, France—died July 1, 1961, Meudon) was a French writer and physician who, while admired for his talent, is better known for his anti-Semitism and misanthropy.
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Louis Ferdinand Destouches, dit Louis-Ferdinand Céline Écouter, né le 27 mai 1894 à Courbevoie 1 et mort le 1 er juillet 1961 à Meudon, connu sous son nom de plume généralement abrégé en Céline 2, est un écrivain, médecin et collaborateur français.
Jun 15, 2022 · Adam Gopnik writes about a newly discovered novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, “Guerre” or “War,” and the French author’s anti-Semitism, and experience in the First World War.
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, pen name of Dr. Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, is best known for his works Voyage au bout de la nuit (Journey to the End of the Night), and Mort à crédit (Death on the Installment Plan).
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French novelist Louis-Ferdinand Céline is considered a clear, honest voice of the 1930s and 1940s. It was not until the 1960s, however, that the literary community began to accept Céline as a major figure and to evaluate his work in unbiased terms.
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Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician. His first novel Journey to the End of the Night (1932) won the Prix Renaudot but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his writing style based on working-class ...
