Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1799-05-20
Death 1850-08-18
Gender:
Male
French,
English, French,

Biographical notes:

French author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875523

Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French 19th century novelist best known for his multi-volume work, La comédie humaine.

From the description of Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526434

Honeré de Balzac was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature. His work, the bulk of which is collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad panorama of French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830-1848).

From the guide to the Honoré de Balzac Letters, 1832-1844, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

French novelist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed "Honoré" : [Paris], to Ch. Dablin, [1837] 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622389

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to M. Darthenay, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623230

Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French writer, best known for his multi-volume novel La comédie humaine.

From the description of Advertisement for Les oeuvres complètes de H. de Balzac from l'Univers illustré, 1867. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41021175

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Subjects:

  • Authors, French
  • Ciegos
  • Editors
  • French literature
  • Literature
  • Manuscripts, French
  • Manuscripts, French
  • Manuscripts, French
  • Mothers and sons
  • Novelists, French
  • Novelists, French
  • Proofs (Printing)

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Authors, French
  • Novelists

Places:

  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)

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