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Georges Bernanos

French writer

Died when: 60 years 136 days (724 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Georges Bernanos

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 major 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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