Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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Personal Info

Known for

Writing

From

Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Born

5/27/1894

Age

131

Credit(s)

8

Biography

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 ...Show More