Bernanos

American  

[ber-na-naws] / bɛr naˈnɔs /

noun

1. Georges 1888–1948, French novelist and pamphleteer.

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Bernanos British  

/ bɛrnanos /

noun

1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)

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Example Sentences

At the end of the private audience, Macron gave the pope a rare copy of Georges Bernanos’ 1936 novel The Diary of a Country Priest.

From The Guardian

French media reported that Antonin Bernanos, who was accused of assaulting the driver inside the car, was handed a five-year sentence with two years suspended.

From Seattle Times

She easily jousts with reporters, even while working a crowd, brushing off a British television reporter who questioned her electoral potential at one stop with a quotation from the right-wing Roman Catholic author George Bernanos.

From New York Times

Because as Georges Bernanos, the French author and first world war soldier, wrote: “It takes a lot of rebels to make a free people.”

From The Guardian

The pungent realist who adapted a novel by the Robert Bresson collaborator Georges Bernanos, earning catcalls at Cannes in the process?

From New York Times