Louis de Bernières (b.1954) is an English novelist known for historical fiction and satire, often exploring war, love, and cultural identity with humor and philosophical depth.
Born in Woolwich, London, he studied at Victoria University of Manchester and the Institute of Education, University of London. Before writing full-time, he worked as a mechanic, motorcycle messenger, and English teacher in Colombia, experiences that shaped his early novels.
His breakthrough novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (1994,) won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book and became an international bestseller, later adapted into a film (2001.) Other notable works include The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts (1990,) Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (1991,) and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992,) collectively forming his Latin American trilogy.
His later novels include Birds Without Wings (2004,) exploring the Ottoman Empire’s fall; The Dust That Falls from Dreams (2015;) and So Much Life Left Over (2018,) examining post-war struggles.
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The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry.
—Louis de Bernieres
Topics: Disorder
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