Emile Zola was a French journalist and novelist known for his series of 20 novels known collectively as Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93). Zola's style was called literary naturalism; his novels were attacked and even banned for their frankness and sordid detail, and caused quite a bit of controversy in their day. The same traits made him a best-selling author and a star of French literature in his day. In 1898 he then further incurred the wrath of French officials when he published the open letter "J'Accuse," in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, an Army officer who had been convicted of treason. Zola was sentenced to prison for libel, fled to England, and was granted amnesty a few months later. He died in Paris from carbon monoxide poisoning -- the victim of a stopped-up chimney -- a few months before Dreyfus was officially exonerated.
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Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), France, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Classic Literature, History and criticism, Romance literature, French fiction, Social life and customs, History, Paris (france), fiction, French literature, Fiction, general, Correspondence, Politics and government, Zola, emile, 1840-1902, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, French Novelists, French drama, Manners and customs, Naturalism in literature, Histoire et critique, Clergy, Fiction, historical, Translations into EnglishPlaces
France, Paris (France), Paris, Lourdes (France), Rome (Italy), England, Angleterre, Fa guo, Francia, Jamaica, Lourdes, Marseille (France), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France, région), Northern France, Norwood (London, England), París, París (Francia), Rome, Surrey, Surrey (England)People
Emile Zola (1840-1902), Zola, Émile (1840-1902), Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923), Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), Baron Haussmann, Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896), Emile Zola (1840-1902,), Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870), Stendhal (1783-1842), 250 p.10 Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), Alexandrine Méley Zola (1839-1925), Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935,), Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), Antony Valabrègue (1844-1900), C. Auguste Dupin, Carlos, Coupeau, Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Emile Zola, Ernest Valdemar, Faure, Fortunato, Félix Faure (1841-1899)Time
19th century, 19e siècle, 1870-1940, 1848-1870, Third Republic, 1870-1940, 1852-1870 (Second Empire), 1870-1940 (3e République), 1911, 19th and 20th century, 20th century, Carnival, Geschichte 1860-1870, Jin dai, Second Empire in 1870, Second Empire, 1852-1870, Second French Empire (1852-1870), The events of Au Bonheur des Dames cover approximately 1864-1869., reign of Napoleon IIIID Numbers
- OLID: OL32772A
- ISNI: 0000000120958660
- VIAF: 32004502
- Wikidata: Q504
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q504
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Alternative names
- Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola
- Emile Zola
- Эмиль Золя
- Emil Zolya
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