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Honoré de Balzac (/ ˈ b æ l z æ k / BAL-zak, [2] more commonly US: / ˈ b ɔː l-/ BAWL-; [3] [4] [5] French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; [1] 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
Aug 14, 2024 · Honoré de Balzac was a French literary artist who produced a vast number of novels and short stories collectively called La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy). He helped to establish the traditional form of the novel and is generally considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time.
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Honoré de Balzac, nom de plume d'Honoré Balzac [n 1], né le 20 mai 1799 (1 er prairial an VII du calendrier républicain) à Tours et mort le 18 août 1850 à Paris, est un écrivain français.
Jan 18, 2019 · Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balssa, May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a novelist and playwright in nineteenth-century France. His work formed part of the foundation of the realist tradition in European literature, with particular focus on his remarkably complex characters.
Sep 23, 2020 · Honoré de Balzac’s life has often been told, but it’s less compelling than Balzac’s lives, the extraordinary, extravagant, profligate creation of the well over 2,000 fictional beings who people his novels. That’s where we find the truth of his time and of his imaginative life.
Honoré de Balzac, orig. Honoré Balssa, (born May 20, 1799, Tours, France—died Aug. 18, 1850, Paris), French writer. Balzac began working as a clerk in Paris at about age 16. An early attempt at a business career left him with huge debts, and for decades he toiled incessantly to improve his worsening financial condition.
