Honoré de Balzac
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a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus
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Born
Honoré Balzac 20 May 1799 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Died
18 August 1850 (aged 51) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Alma mater
University of Paris
Occupation
Writer, critic, journalist, printer
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Genre
Novel, dramaturgy, essay
Literary movement
Realism
Notable awards
– Légion d'honneur
Notable works
La Comédie humaine Eugénie Grandet La Peau de chagrin Le Père Goriot Colonel Chabert La Rabouilleuse Le Lys dans la vallée Illusions perdues Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Spouse
Ewelina Hańska ( m. 1850) ( née Contessa Rzewuska )
Years active
1829–1850