What is Louis-Ferdinand Céline?
[[File:Louisferdinandceline2.jpg|right|thumb|Louis Ferdinand-Céline]] '''Louis-Ferdinand Céline''' was a [[pen name]] of '''Louis-Ferdinand Destouches''' ([[Courbevoie]], 27 May 1894 – [[Meudon]] 1 July 1961) was a [[France|French]] [[writer]] and [[physician]]. Céline was his [[grandmother]]'s first name. He is thought to be one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. He created a new style of writing that [[modernization|modernized]] both French and world [[literature]]. His most famous work is ''[[Journey to the End of the Night]]''. He is a [[controversy|controversial]] person because of his [[anti-Semitic]] [[pamphlet]]s. He was married to dancer [[Lucette Destouches]]. == Works == * 1932: ''[[Journey to the End of the Night]]'' (''Voyage au bout de la nuit'') * 1936: ''[[Death on Credit]]'' (''Mort à crédit'') * 1936: ''[[Mea Culpa]]'' * 1937: ''[[Trifles for a Massacre]]'' (''Bagatelles pour un massacre'' * 1938: ''School for Corpses'' (''L'École des cadavres''), * 1941: ''A Nice Mess'' (''Les Beaux Draps'') * 1944: ''[[Guignol's Band]]'' * 1949: ''[[Cannon-fodder]]'' (''Casse-pipe'') 1949 * 1952: ''Fable for Another Time'' (''Féerie pour une autre fois'') * 1954: ''Normance: Fable for Another Time II'' (''Normance - Féerie pour une autre fois II'') * 1955: ''[[Conversations with Professor Y]]'' (''Entretiens avec le Professeur Y'') * 1957: ''[[Castle to castle]]'' (''D'un château l'autre''), * 1960: ''[[North]]'' (''Nord'') * 1964: ''London Bridge: Guignol's Band II'' (''Le Pont de Londres − Guignol's band II'' * 1969: ''Rigadoon'' (''Rigodon'') {{Wikiquote}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Celine, Louis-Ferdinand}} [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1961 deaths]] [[Category:French novelists]] [[Category:French physicians]] [[Category:Writers from Hauts-de-Seine]] [[Category:People from Courbevoie]]