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Biography of Louis de Bernières
Born in London, England, in the year 1954, the writer Louis de Bernières enlisted in the army at age 18 but only to drop out after just 4 short months from The Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst. He enrolled and graduated from the Victoria University, in Manchester, after which he obtained a certificate in Education in Leicester. After this he enrolled at the London University and got his Masters Degree.
Before he became a full time writer, Louis de Bernières was active in a wide variety of occupations, including being a gardener, courier and mechanic. For a period he also was active in the role of an English Teacher in Columbia. This occupation set the tone for his first novels that he wrote. These works were greatly influenced by literary works originating from South America.
In the year before he wrote the famous Captain Corelli's Mandolin, de Bernières was chosen as one of the twenty best Young British writers of novels. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was awarded with the Commonwealth Prize for writers in the best book category, among other nominations and awards. The novel has since been available in more than 30 languages and in 2000 his work was translated into a movie starring John Hurt, Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale and Penélope Cruz.
Since the success of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernières has continued to write and has written many novels, short stories and plays. Most notably his "Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World", which was broadcast on BBC radio and his novels continue to receive nominations and awards. Besides writing novels, Louis de Bernières has also been contributing articles and stories to several news papers and magazines.
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