Georges Bernanos
French writer (1888-1948) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 60
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos 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.
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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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Georges DuhamelBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Maurice BarrèsBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Valery LarbaudBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Jules RomainsBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
André MalrauxBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Jacques de LacretelleBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century