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Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Louis‑Ferdinand Céline (1894‑1961) was a French novelist, physician, and polemicist. He gained fame for his revolutionary, colloquial prose and his bleak, misanthropic worldview. His debut novel, *Journey to the End of the Night* (1932), shocked readers with its raw language, black humor, and scathing critique of war, colonialism, and modern industrial society. Though his later political affiliations sparked controversy, Céline’s influence on 20th‑century literature is profound, inspiring writers such as Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat generation.
