Émile Zola

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French novelist human journalist literary critic naturalist writer public intellectual

Émile Zola was a leading 19th-century French novelist, critic, and public intellectual whose socially engaged, naturalist works and interventions like the "J'accuse…!" letter made him a central figure in modern European literature and politics.

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Label Occurrences
Émile Zola canonical 152
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola 2

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instanceOf French novelist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
naturalist writer ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris ⓘ
causeOfDeath carbon monoxide poisoning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1840-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1902-09-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Collège Bourbon ⓘ
employer Hachette Book Group ⓘ
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ethnicGroup Italian descent ⓘ
familyName Zola ⓘ
father François Zola ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
politics ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
fullName Émile Zola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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genre journalism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
naturalist fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
givenName Émile ⓘ
hasPart Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
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influenced Frank Norris ⓘ
Henri Barbusse ⓘ
Theodore Dreiser ⓘ
Upton Sinclair ⓘ
naturalist writers ⓘ
influencedBy Claude Bernard ⓘ
Gustave Flaubert ⓘ
Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
knownFor defending Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ
J’accuse…! ⓘ
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languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mother Émilie Aubert ⓘ
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name Émile Zola self-link ⓘ
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Fécondité ⓘ
Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
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Justice ⓘ
J’accuse…! ⓘ
Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: La Bête humaine

La Conquête de Plassans ⓘ
La Curée ⓘ
La Débâcle ⓘ
Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: La Fortune des Rougon

La Joie de vivre ⓘ
Earth ⓘ
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Le Rêve ⓘ
Le Ventre de Paris ⓘ
Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
Lourdes ⓘ
Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: L’Assommoir

L’Œuvre ⓘ
Nana ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Pot-Bouille ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Son Excellence Eugène Rougon ⓘ
Thérèse Raquin ⓘ
Vérité ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
participantIn Dreyfus affair ⓘ
placeOfBirth France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld literary editor ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Alexandrine Zola ⓘ
workPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

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