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Also known as Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola

French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)

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Émile Zola was a writer whose professional career began in 1865 and continued until 1902. He is associated with a body of work comprising twenty-six items. His name is pronounced e.mil e.dwaʁ zɔ.la according to the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Zola was born on April 2, 1840, and died on September 29, 1902. These dates define the span of his life and his active period in literature.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1840 births, 1902 deaths and 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights.

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Émile Zola, in full Émile-Édouard-Charles-Antoine Zola, was a French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French writer of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair through his famous open letter, J'Accuse…!

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Instance of
human
Given name
Antoine
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Occupation
librettist
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Religion
atheism
Notable work
La Terre
Field of work
short story
Movement
freethought
Image
Emile Zola.jpg
Significant event
Dreyfus affair
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place of burial
Montmartre Cemetery
Commons category
Émile Zola
date of birth
1840-00-00
date of death
1902-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Émile Zola
Commons Creator page
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Commons gallery
Émile Zola
birth name
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola
manner of death
accidental death
name in native language
Émile Zola
influenced by
Honoré de Balzac
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has works in the collection
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
writing language
French
IPA transcription
e.mil e.dwaʁ zɔ.la
different from
Elémire Zolla
start of work period
1865-00-00
end of work period
1902-00-00
nickname
Le Maître de Médan
significant person
Octave Mirbeau
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Works in European collections

26 objects attributed to Émile Zola, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (/ˈzoʊlə/, also US: /zoʊˈlɑː/; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse...!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.

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