Georges Bernanos (February 20 1888, Paris—July 5 1948, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought and to what he identified as defeatism leading to France's defeat in 1940.

Bernanos was born into a family of craftsmen, and spent much of his childhood in the Pas de Calais region, which became a frequent setting for his novels. He served in the first world war as a soldier, where he witnessed the battles of the Somme and Verdun. He was wounded several times. After the war, he worked in insurance before writing Sous le soleil de Satan. Despite his anti-democratic learnings and his allegiance to Action Française, he was able to see the danger in Fascism and Nazism (which he described as "disgusting monstrousness") before World War II broke out in Europe, but not after initially celebrating their Catholic allies - Francisco Franco, and the quasi-Fascist Falange - during the Spanish Civil War Bernanos spent part of the conflict in Mallorca, and became disappointed in the Francoist cause, which he grew to criticize in Les Grands Cimetières sous la Lune. Most of his important fictional works were written between 1926 and 1937.

He emigrated to South America 1938, and stayed there till 1945, for most of the time in Brazil, where he tried his hand at managing a farm. His three sons returned to France to fight when World War II broke out, while he fulminated at his country's 'spiritual exhaustion' which he saw as the root of its collapse in 1940. From exile he mocked the 'ridiculous' Vichy regime and became a strong supporter of the nationalist Free French Forces led by the conservative Charles de Gaulle.

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RT @recareli "O pobre prefere um copo de vinho a um pão, pq o estômago da miséria necessita mais de ilusões q de alimento." Georges Bernanos
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RT @recareli "O pobre prefere um copo de vinho a um pão, pq o estômago da miséria necessita mais de ilusões q de alimento." Georges Bernanos
"O pobre prefere um copo de vinho a um pão, porque o estômago da miséria necessita mais de ilusões que de alimento." Georges Bernanos
recareli (Lainy) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:32:37 -0000
"O pobre prefere um copo de vinho a um pão, porque o estômago da miséria necessita mais de ilusões que de alimento." Georges Bernanos
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. (Georges Bernanos)
yourtimeoff (yourtimeoff) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:05:21 -0000
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. (Georges Bernanos)
Take a look at this quote - Georges Bernanos: Hell, Madame, is to love no longer. http://76k.com/q/04tgy9
TestMyCode (Test My Code) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:12 -0000
Take a look at this quote - Georges Bernanos: Hell, Madame, is to love no longer. http://76k.com/q/04tgy9
"Saber encontrar a alegria na alegria dos outros, é o segredo da felicidade. Georges Bernanos
Debysillva (Debora lucia ) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:13:32 -0000
"Saber encontrar a alegria na alegria dos outros, é o segredo da felicidade. Georges Bernanos
RT @fraseamentos: Não existem meias-verdades. (Georges Bernanos) http://fraseamentos.com/f/9705/
bbguerreiro (Bruna Guerreiro) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:32 -0000
RT @fraseamentos: Não existem meias-verdades. (Georges Bernanos) http://fraseamentos.com/f/9705/

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