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Georges Bernanos

ジョルジュ・ベルナノス

Joruju Berunanosu

Aliases: Bernanos

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1888-02-20 （Paris）
Died
1948-07-05 （Neuilly-sur-Seine） age 60
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Paris → Fressin → Barbacena (Brazil)

Career

Occupations
Writer, Soldier
Active Years
1926-1948
Affiliations
Camelots du Roi

Awards

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1936
Work: Journal d'un curé de campagne
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sous le soleil de Satan

1926 Novel

A parish priest combats evil and despair.

EvilFaithDespair
Adaptations
  • [Film] Under the Sun of Satan / Maurice Pialat (1987)
Translations
  • The Star of Satan
  • Under the Sun of Satan

Bibliography

  • Sous le soleil de Satan
  • L'Imposture
  • La Joie
  • Un crime
  • Journal d'un curé de campagne
  • Nouvelle histoire de Mouchette
  • Les grands cimetières sous la lune
  • Monsieur Ouine
  • Dialogues des carmélites
  • Un mauvais rêve

Adaptations

  • Diary of a Country Priest (1951, Robert Bresson)
  • Mouchette (1967, Robert Bresson)
  • Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
  • Dialogues des Carmélites (1960, film)

Translations of Works

  • Under the Sun of Satan
  • The Diary of a Country Priest
  • Mouchette

Style & Themes

Literary Style
MysticalCatholic
Recurring Motifs
PriestsDemonsSpiritual struggle

Legacy

French Catholic author known for novels featuring priests battling evil. Monarchist and vocal critic during Spanish Civil War and WWII.

Trivia

  • Served in WWI at Somme and Verdun, wounded several times.