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Louis-Ferdinand Céline

1894 to 1961 6 documented presences 6 places

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Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Louis-Ferdinand Céline was documented, and when

1894year
Courbevoieattested “The only child of Fernand Destouches and Marguerite-Louise-Céline Guilloux, he was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches in 1894 at Courbevoie, just outside Paris in the Seine département (now Hauts-de-Seine).” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894year
Parisattested “The only child of Fernand Destouches and Marguerite-Louise-Céline Guilloux, he was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches in 1894 at Courbevoie, just outside Paris in the Seine département (now Hauts-de-Seine).” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1894year
Seineattested “The only child of Fernand Destouches and Marguerite-Louise-Céline Guilloux, he was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches in 1894 at Courbevoie, just outside Paris in the Seine département (now Hauts-de-Seine).” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
March 1915month
Londonattested “He later wrote that his wartime experience left him with "a profound disgust for all that is bellicose." In March 1915, he was sent to London to work in the French passport office.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
April 1920month
Rennesattested “Céline enrolled in the Medical Faculty at Rennes in April 1920, and in June, Édith gave birth to a daughter, Collette Destouches.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
February 1941month
Montmartreattested “He moved back to Montmartre and in February 1941 published a third polemical book Les beaux draps (A Fine Mess) in which he denounced Jews, Freemasons, the Catholic Church, the educational system and the French army.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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Places Louis-Ferdinand Céline is documented in

London1 presence · 1915Montmartre1 presence · 1941Paris1 presence · 1894
Courbevoie1 presence · 1894
Rennes1 presence · 1920
Seine1 presence · 1894

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1908 to 1910period
Germanymentioned “Between 1908 and 1910, his parents sent him to Germany and England for a year in each country in order to acquire foreign languages for future employment.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1912year
Rambouilletmentioned “In 1912, Céline volunteered for the French army (in what he described as an act of rebellion against his parents) and began a three-year enlistment in the 12th Cuirassier Regiment stationed in Rambouillet.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
March 1918month
Brittanymentioned “In March 1918, Céline was employed by the Rockefeller Foundation as part of a team travelling around Brittany delivering information sessions on tuberculosis and hygiene.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1924month
Rennesmentioned “In June 1924 Céline joined the Health Department of the League of Nations in Geneva, leaving his wife and daughter in Rennes.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1924month
Genevamentioned “In June 1924 Céline joined the Health Department of the League of Nations in Geneva, leaving his wife and daughter in Rennes.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1926month
Genevamentioned “Édith divorced him in June 1926, and a few months later he met Elizabeth Craig, an American dancer studying in Geneva.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1929year
Montmartrementioned “In 1929 he gave up his private practice and moved to Montmartre with Elizabeth.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1933 to 1935period
Francementioned “Céline initially refused to take a public stance on the rise of Nazism and the increasing extreme-right political agitation in France, explaining to a friend in 1933: "I am and have always been an anarchist, I have never voted...I will n…” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1933month
Americamentioned “In June 1933 Elizabeth Craig returned permanently to America.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
May 1936month
Francementioned “Following the election victory of the French Popular Front in May 1936, Céline saw the socialist leader Léon Blum and the communists led by Maurice Thorez as greater threats to France than Hitler: "...I'd prefer a dozen Hitlers to one al…” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1944month
Sigmaringen enclavementioned “When the Allies landed in France in June 1944, Céline and Lucette fled to Germany, eventually staying in Sigmaringen where the Germans had created an enclave accommodating the Vichy government in exile and collaborationist militia.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1944month
Germanymentioned “When the Allies landed in France in June 1944, Céline and Lucette fled to Germany, eventually staying in Sigmaringen where the Germans had created an enclave accommodating the Vichy government in exile and collaborationist militia.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
June 1944month
Francementioned “When the Allies landed in France in June 1944, Céline and Lucette fled to Germany, eventually staying in Sigmaringen where the Germans had created an enclave accommodating the Vichy government in exile and collaborationist militia.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
November 1945month
Vestre Prisonmentioned “In November 1945 the new French government applied for Céline's extradition for collaboration, and the following month he was arrested and imprisoned at Vestre Prison by the Danish authorities pending the outcome of the application.” source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
1957year
Sigmaringen enclavementioned source: Wikipedia: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Documented at the same place, the same year

Filippo Tommaso MarinettiCourbevoie · 1894František KupkaCourbevoie · 1894Olivier MessiaenMontmartre · 1941Giorgio de ChiricoParis · 1894Hector GuimardParis · 1894George GurdjieffLondon · 1915Victor HortaLondon · 1915David NivenLondon · 1915Muhammad Ali JinnahLondon · 1915Ivan MeštrovićLondon · 1915

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