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.

Aliases (1)

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola ×1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
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 →
ethnicGroup	Italian descent →
familyName	Zola →
father	François Zola →
fieldOfWork	literature → politics → social criticism →
fullName	Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola →
genre	journalism → literary criticism → naturalist fiction → novel →
givenName	Émile →
hasPart	Les Rougon-Macquart cycle →
influenced	Frank Norris → Henri Barbusse → Theodore Dreiser → Upton Sinclair → naturalist writers →
influencedBy	Claude Bernard → Gustave Flaubert → Honoré de Balzac →
knownFor	defending Alfred Dreyfus → open letter "J’accuse…!" →
languageOfWorkOrName	French →
mother	Émilie Aubert →
movement	naturalism → realism →
name	Émile Zola →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableIdea	experimental novel →
notableWork	Au Bonheur des Dames → Fécondité → Germinal → Justice → J’accuse…! → La Bête humaine → La Conquête de Plassans → La Curée → La Débâcle → La Fortune des Rougon → La Joie de vivre → La Terre → Le Rêve → Le Ventre de Paris → Les Rougon-Macquart → Lourdes → 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 →

Referenced by (59)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Au Bonheur des Dames → Fécondité → J’accuse…! → La Conquête de Plassans → La Curée → La Débâcle → La Joie de vivre → Le Rêve → Le Ventre de Paris → Les Rougon-Macquart → Lourdes → L’Œuvre → Nana → Pot-Bouille → Son Excellence Eugène Rougon → Thérèse Raquin → Vérité →	author
Arnold Bennett → August Strindberg → Frank Norris → Joris-Karl Huysmans → Theodore Dreiser → Vicente Blasco Ibáñez →	influencedBy
J’accuse…! → Paul Cézanne → Zola →	associatedWith
Gustave Flaubert → Honoré de Balzac → La Comédie humaine →	influenced
Fécondité → Pot-Bouille → Vérité →	workOf
L’Affaire →	aboutPerson
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe →	authorOfCriticalReception
Panthéon, Paris →	burialPlaceOf
François Zola →	child
La Joie de vivre →	creator
Pot-Bouille →	cycleAuthor
Collège Bourbon →	educated
Émile Zola ("Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola") →	fullName
Émilie Aubert →	hasChild
Émile →	hasFamousLiteraryAssociation
Collège Bourbon →	hasFormerStudent
Café Guerbois circle →	hasMember
Zola →	hasNotableBearer
Cimetière de Levallois-Perret →	hasNotableBurial
Alexandrine Zola →	householdManagerFor
Lourdes →	includedInBibliographyOf
Dreyfus affair →	involves
Alexandrine Zola →	legacyManagerFor
La Conquête de Plassans →	literaryCycleCreator
Émilie Aubert →	motherOf
Émile Zola →	name
Émile →	notableBearer
Realism →	notableProponent
French General Staff →	opposedBy
L’Affaire →	portrays
Alexandrine Zola →	roleInLifeOf
Alexandrine Zola →	spouse