Louis-Ferdinand Celine — French Writer born on May 27, 1894, died on July 01, 1961
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, a French novelist, pamphleteer and physician. The name Céline was the first name of his grandmother. He developed a new style of writing that modernized French literature. He remains controversial to this day because of his virulent antisemitism, Holocaust Denial and racism... (wikipedia)