Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Louis-Ferdinand Céline was born on May 27, 1894 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France as Louis-Ferdinand Destouches. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Nacht (1985), Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985) and Die Finsternis (2005). He was married to Lucette Almanzor and Edith Follet. He died on July 1, 1961 in Meudon, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France.