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Émile Zola

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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Instance of: human
Given name: Antoine
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of death: 9th arrondissement of Paris
Father: Francesco Zola
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: Émile Zola
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
Commons gallery: Émile Zola
birth name: Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola
manner of death: accidental death
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language: Émile Zola
influenced by: Honoré de Balzac
cause of death: carbon monoxide poisoning
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
P8168: May Irwin
significant person: Octave Mirbeau
P12749: Milan Horáček
described at URL: dbpedia.org/resource/Émile_Zola

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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.

Early life

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