WRITER

Louis de Bernières

1954 - Today

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Louis de Bernières (born 8 December 1954) is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis de Bernières has received more than 460,139 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Louis de Bernières is the 6,604th most popular writer (down from 6,034th in 2019), the 5,944th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,607th in 2019) and the 684th most popular British Writer.

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  • 460k

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  • 39.79

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

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  • 3.05

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Notable Works

Birds Without Wings
Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, History
Louis de Bernieres's last novel, Corelli's Mandolin, was met with the highest praise. Now, de Berniers gives us his long-awaited new novel. Huge, resonant, lyrical, filled with humor and pathos, it is a novel about the political and personal costs of war, and of love - between men and women, between friends, between those who are driven to be enemies. It is the story of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire told in the richly varied voices of the people whose lives are rooted there, intertwined for untold years. There is Iskander, the potter and local font of proverbial wisdom; Karatavuk - Iskander's son - whose playground stretches across the hills. And there is Philothei, the Christian girl of legendary beauty, courted from infancy by Ibrahim the goatherd - a great love that culminates in tragedy and madness. But this is also the story of Musafa Kemal, whose military genius will lead him to victory against the invading forces of the Great War and reshaping of the whole region. When the young men of the town are conscripted, we follow Karatavuk to Gallipoli, where the intimate brutality of battle robs him of all innocence. And in the town he left behind, we see how the twin scourges of fanatical religion and nationalism quickly, and irreversibly, destroy the fabric of centuries-old peace. Epic in its narrative sweep - steeped in historical fact - yet profoundly humane and dazzlingly evocative in its emotional and sensual detail, Birds Without Wings is a triumph.
2004
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2000
Captain Corelli's mandolin
Fiction, History, World War, 1939-1945
1994
Señor Vivo and the coca lord
Fiction, Cocaine industry, Ficción
1991
Señor Vivo and the coca lord
Cocaine industry, Fiction
1991
Birds Without Wings
Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, History
Birds Without Wings is a novel by Louis de Bernières, written in 2004. Narrated by various characters, it tells the tragic love story of Philothei and Ibrahim. It also chronicles the rise of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the 'Father of the Turkish Nation'. The overarching theme of the story covers the impact of religious intolerance, over-zealous nationalism, and the war that often results. The characters are unwittingly caught up in historical tides outside of their control. The book's title is taken from a saying by one of the characters, Iskander the Potter, "Man is a bird without wings, and a bird is a man without sorrows." The book includes a vivid and detailed description of the horrors of life in the trenches during World War I. Some of the characters are also present in the author's earlier novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
2004
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
Fiction, Cocaine industry, Ficción
1991
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, History
De dochter van een Griekse dokter wordt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gescheiden van haar geliefde, een kapitein in het Italiaanse leger.
1994
A partisan's daughter
Fiction, Social life and customs, Nineteen seventies
England, late 1970s. Forty-something Chris is trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. Roza, in her twenties, the daughter of one of Tito's partisans, has only recently moved to London from Yugoslavia. One evening, Chris mistakes her for a prostitute and propositions her. Instead of being offended, she gets into his car. Over the next months Roza tells Chris stories of her past. She's a fast-talking, wily Scheherazade, saving her own life as she retells it--and Chris is rapt. This deeply moving novel of their unlikely love is also a brilliantly subtle commentary on the seductive power of storytelling.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1998
The war of Don Emmanuel's nether parts
Utopias, English fiction, 20th century general fiction
De fantastische en humoristische verwikkelingen rondom de inwoners van een dorpje in een fictief Zuidamerikaans land, die het aan de stok krijgen met een troep soldaten.
1991
The troublesome offspring of Cardinal Guzman
Cardinals, Church and state, Fiction
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis de Bernières ranks 6,604 out of 7,302. Before him are William Collins, Fedor Samokhin, Steven S. DeKnight, Johanna Sinisalo, Robert Seethaler, and Paul Dini. After him are Sayaka Murata, Sarah Josepha Hale, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ann C. Crispin, Dulce Chacón, and Nat Hentoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Louis de Bernières ranks 627. Before him are Tommy Tuberville, John Lloyd, Gregory S. Paul, Silvia Chivás, Peter Mueller, and Cynthia Lummis. After him are Roxanne Seeman, Priscilla Barnes, Dulce Chacón, Geoffrey Marcy, Susana Trimarco, and Hugh Quarshie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Louis de Bernières ranks 5,944 out of 8,785. Before him are Robin Widdows (1942), Ken Green (1924), Georgie Henley (1995), William Collins (1721), Philip May (1957), and Tiff Needell (1951). After him are Jemma Redgrave (1965), Atticus Ross (1968), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Andy Bell (1970), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), and Kate Dickie (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Louis de Bernières ranks 684. Before him are Grant Morrison (1960), Colley Cibber (1671), Sophie Hannah (1971), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Al Alvarez (1929), and William Collins (1721). After him are Mary Russell Mitford (1787), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), Victoria Hislop (1959), Rose Tremain (1943), and Catherine Cookson (1906).

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