Georges Bernanos
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Georges Bernanos was a French novelist and essayist who lived from 1888 to 1948 and is known for his deeply religious explorations of spiritual crisis and moral struggle in his literary works. His writing made him an important voice in twentieth-century French literature, particularly in examining faith and doubt through fictional narratives.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1888-02-20
- Died
- 1948-07-05
- Works
- 236
Top works
- L'imposture
- La joie
- Français, si vous saviez, 1945-1948
- Nous autres Français
- Écrits de combat
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Writing · Paris, France
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Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos ( French: [ʒɔʁʒ bɛʁnanɔs]; 20 February 1888 – 5 July 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He believed this had led to France's defeat and eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. His two best-known novels Sous le soleil de Satan (1926) and the Journal d'un curé de campagne (1936) both revolve around a parish priest who combats evil and despair in the world. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.
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