The_Diary_of_a_Country_Priest
The Diary of a Country Priest
Classic French novel
The Diary of a Country Priest (French: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1936 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. The novel received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.[1] In 1950 it was named one of the twelve best novels in the French language published between 1900 and 1950.[2] It was the basis for the 1951 film Diary of a Country Priest, directed by Robert Bresson.[3]
The book was first published in English in 1937 in a translation by Pamela Morris.[4]