Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Céline in 1932 Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), 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 speech. In subsequent novels such as ''Death on the Installment Plan'' (1936), ''Guignol's Band'' (1944) and ''Castle to Castle'' (1957), Céline further developed an innovative and distinctive literary style. Maurice Nadeau wrote: "What Joyce did for the English language...what the surrealists attempted to do for the French language, Céline achieved effortlessly and on a vast scale."

From 1937 Céline wrote a series of antisemitic polemical works in which he advocated a military alliance with Nazi Germany. He continued to publicly espouse antisemitic views during the German occupation of France, and after the Allied landing in Normandy in 1944, he fled to Germany and then Denmark where he lived in exile. He was convicted of collaboration by a French court in 1951 but was pardoned by a military tribunal soon after. He returned to France where he resumed his careers as a doctor and author.

Céline is widely considered to be one of the greatest French novelists of the 20th century and his novels have had an enduring influence on later authors. However, he remains a controversial figure in France due to his antisemitism and activities during the Second World War. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Rigodón / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1971
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    Mort à crédit : roman / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1952
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    Muerte a crédito / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1987
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    Viaje al fin de la noche / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1960
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    Mea culpa seguido de la Vida y obra de Sémmelweis / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1937
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    Viaje al fin de la noche / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1971
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    Mort à crédit / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1974
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    Voyage au bout de la nuit / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1992
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    Le pont de Londres : Guignol's Band II / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1964
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    Rigodon / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1979
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    Nord / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1993
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    Guignol's band / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1969
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    Mort à crédit : roman / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1963
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    D'un château l'autre / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1991
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    Voyage au bout de la nuit ; suivi de Mort à crédit / by Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1968
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    Viaje al fin de la noche / by Céline, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1971
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    Mea culpa : seguido de la vida y la obra de Semmelweis / by Céline, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 1937
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    Conversaciones con el profesor Y / by Céline, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 2011
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    Guignol's band / by Céline, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 2006
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    Viaje al fin de la noche / by Céline, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961

    Published 2010
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