Editing Louis-Ferdinand Céline (section)

===League of Nations and medical practice (1924–1931)===
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In June 1924 Céline joined the Health Department of the [[League of Nations]] in Geneva, leaving his wife and daughter in Rennes. His duties involved extensive travel in Europe and Africa, Canada, the United States and Cuba. He drew on his time with the League for his play ''L'Église (The Church'', written in 1927, but first published in 1933).<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|pp=136-150}}</ref>

Édith divorced him in June 1926, and a few months later he met Elizabeth Craig, an American dancer studying in Geneva.<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|pp=151-159}}</ref> They were to remain together for the six years in which he established himself as a major author. He later wrote: "I wouldn't have amounted to anything without her."<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|p=267}}</ref>

He left the League of Nations in late 1927 and set up a medical practice in the working-class Paris suburb of [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]]. The practice wasn't profitable and he supplemented his income working for the nearby public clinic and a pharmaceutical company. In 1929 he gave up his private practice and moved to [[Montmartre]] with Elizabeth. However, he continued to practice at the public clinic in Clichy as well as other clinics and working for pharmaceutical companies. In his spare time he worked on his first novel, ''Voyage au bout de la nuit'' (''Journey to the End of the Night''), which was dedicated to Elizabeth, completing it in late 1931.<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|pp=154-158}}</ref>