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Honoré de Balzac (/ ˈ b æ l z æ k / BAL-zak, more commonly US: / ˈ b ɔː l-/ BAWL-, French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.
Jun 29, 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.
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.
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.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is best known for his series of novels and stories collectively titled 'La Comédie Humaine,' which presents a detailed and vivid panorama of French society in the first half of the nineteenth century.
French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine. Honoré de Balzac authored 19th-century novels and plays.
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.
Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist recognized as one of the founders of realism in European fiction.
Discuss the monomania evidenced by some of Honoré de Balzac’s most important characters: the miserliness of Old Grandet, the paternal love of Père Goriot, the hatred of Bette, and the ...
Sep 28, 2012 · Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850): ‘Realism’ and authority; By Michael Tilby; Edited by Michael Bell, University of Warwick; Book: The Cambridge Companion to European Novelists; Online publication: 28 September 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521515047.013
