Georges Bernanos

Georges Bernanos was born in Paris on 20 February 1888. A student of law and letters, Catholic and royalist, he was active among the Camelots du roi, before breaking with the Action française in 1932. Enlisted in 1914 in the 6th dragoon regiment, he was wounded during the war. He was then an insurance inspector. Having left for South America in 1938, he settled in Brazil, sided with General de Gaulle in 1940 and returned to France only in 1945. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 5 July 1948.

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• NovelThe Diary of a Country PriestJournal d'un curé de campagneGeorges Bernanos · 1936Literature