Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔnɔʁe də balzak]; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon.
Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in...
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Date of birth:
- May 20, 1799
Date of death:
- Aug 18, 1850 (age 51 years)
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Also known as:
- Honore de Balzac,
- Honoré Balssa,
- Balzac,
- Honorato de Balzac,
- H. de Balzac,
- Honoré De Balzac,
- Balzac Honore de
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