AKA Louis-Ferdinand Destouches

Born: 27-May-1894
Birthplace: Courbevoie, Seine, France
Died: 1-Jul-1961
Location of death: Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Cause of death: Aneurysm
Remains: Buried, Bas Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Voyage au bout de la nuit

Military service: French Cavalry (WWI)

Father: (insurance)
Mother: (lace)
Wife: Suzanne Nebout (m. 1915)
Wife: Edith Follet (m. 1919, div. 1926)
Wife: Lucette Almanzor (dancer)

    High School: Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany
    Medical School: MD, University of Paris (1924)

    Collaboration Sentenced to one year

Author of books:
Voyage au Bout de la Nuit (1932, novel)
Mort à Credit (1936, novel)
Bagatelle pour un Massacre (1937, novel)
Death on the Installment Plan (1938, novel, English trans.)
Journey to the End of the Night (1943, novel, English trans.)
Guignol's Band (1954, novel, English trans.)
Castle to Castle (1968, novel, English trans.)
North (1972, novel, English trans., autobiographical)

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