Editing Louis-Ferdinand Céline (section)

=== Exile in Denmark (1945–1951) ===
In November 1945 the new French government applied for Céline's extradition for collaboration, and the following month he was arrested and imprisoned at [[Vestre Prison]] by the Danish authorities pending the outcome of the application. He was released from prison in June 1947 on the condition that he would not leave Denmark. Céline's books had been withdrawn from sale in France, and he was living off a hoard of gold coins which he had hidden in Denmark before the war. In 1948 he moved to a farmhouse on the coast of the [[Great Belt]] owned by his Danish lawyer where he worked on the novels which were to become ''Féerie pour une autre fois'' (1952, ''Fable for Another Time'') and ''Normance'' (1954).<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|pp=441-478}}</ref>

The French authorities tried Céline ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' for activities harmful to the national defence. He was found guilty in February 1951 and sentenced to one year in jail, a fine of 50,000 francs, and confiscation of half his property. In April a French military tribunal granted him an amnesty based on his status as a disabled war veteran. In July he returned to France.<ref>{{Harvp|Vitoux|1992|pp=504-512}}</ref>