Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the
pen name of
Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (; 27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), 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. Céline remains controversial to this day because of his virulent
antisemitism,
racism and
Holocaust Denial.