Émile Zola

Émile Zola
BornÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola
(1840-04-02)2 April 1840
Paris, France
Died29 September 1902(1902-09-29) (aged 62)
Paris, France
OccupationNovelist, playwright, journalist
NationalityFrench
GenreNaturalism
Notable worksLes Rougon-Macquart, Thérèse Raquin, Germinal

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Émile Zola, portrait by Edouard Manet.

Émile Zola (IPA: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a major French writer and the most important naturalist writer. He worked toward political liberalization of France.

Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. His death from carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected to have been suicide.

Works by Emile Zola

References

  1. ↑ "Nomination Database - Literature - 1901". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Nomination Database - Literature - 1902". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-02-07.

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