Writing
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Born May 27, 1894 Died July 1, 1961 (Age 67)Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France13 Credits
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…
