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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac ( BAL-zak, more commonly US: BAWL-; French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is…

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Type
Person
Area
France
Born
May 20th, 1799
Died
August 18th, 1850
Labels
Argon Hörbuch
Kulturradio RBB
Last updated: January 26th, 2017·MusicBrainz

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