Director

Honoré de Balzac

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 79

TMDB ID: 25349

IMDb ID: nm0051304

Known for: Writing

Born: May 20, 1799

Died: August 18, 1850

Age: 51

Place of birth: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1909 - 2023

Years active: 115

Average TMDB rating: 6.17

Wikidata: Q9711

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Biography

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.