
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Known for
Writing
Born
May 27, 1894
Birthplace
Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Died
July 1, 1961 (aged 67)
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 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, Cél...
Best known work
Filmography
2025
2023
2011
Historiquement Show - Spéciale Célineas Self - Archive
2008
Il falso bugiardoas Self (archive footage)
2005
DarknessWriter
1990
1976
1975
1961
1958
1957
1957
1935








