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Georges Bernanos

1888 - 1948

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Bernanos is the 860th most popular writer (down from 792nd in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from France (down from 929th in 2019) and the 129th most popular French Writer.

Georges Bernanos is most famous for his work, The Diary of a Country Priest.

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Among writers, Georges Bernanos ranks 860 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrea Camilleri, Julian Barnes, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gaius Lucilius, and Al-Zamakhshari. After him are Yanka Kupala, Stephen Covey, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Vātsyāyana, Sam Shepard, and Zhang Sanfeng.

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Among people born in 1888, Georges Bernanos ranks 39. Before him are Anton Makarenko, Alexander Friedmann, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Richard E. Byrd, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and Carin Göring. After him are Ossip Zadkine, Katherine Mansfield, Josef Albers, Ernst Kretschmer, August Kubizek, and Oskar Schlemmer. Among people deceased in 1948, Georges Bernanos ranks 34. Before him are Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, and Kurt Schwitters. After him are Lizzie Magie, Iwane Matsui, Zelda Fitzgerald, Pompeu Fabra, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, and Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Bernanos ranks 1,018 out of 6,770. Before him are Chilperic I (539), Philippe de Vitry (1291), Roger Etchegaray (1922), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Robert Doisneau (1912), and Joseph Liouville (1809). After him are Louis Desaix (1768), Ernest Chausson (1855), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Victoire of France (1733), and Étienne Cabet (1788).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Georges Bernanos ranks 129. Before him are Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Eugène Scribe (1791). After him are Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Maurice Druon (1918), and Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780).

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