Writer

Georges Bernanos

1888 – 1948

Active years (films on this site)

1951–1987

Genres

DramaFantasy

Schools and movements

Slow and Contemplative CinemaContemporary European Art Cinema

Directors worked with

Robert Bresson2 filmsMaurice Pialat1 film

Biography

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. 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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Awards and honours

National / local

• Prix Femina 1929
• Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française 1936
• Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century 1950

3 films on this site

1. Diary of a Country Priest 1951 · Robert Bresson · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
2. Mouchette 1967 · Robert Bresson · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
3. Under the Sun of Satan 1987 · Maurice Pialat · IMDb 6.7 · Writer