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Émile Zola

Art Critic / Novelist / Playwright / Journalist / Writer / Poet / Photographer | * 04/02/1840 († 62, 09/28/1902) | Paris (France)
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also US:, 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 Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. ()
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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…!

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Crime

Awards & Nominations for Émile Zola

Knight of The Legion of Honour Officer of The Legion of Honour 2x Nobel Prize in Literature
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Movies with Émile Zola as Actor(2)

as Self - Writer (archive footage)2019 Paris in the Belle Epoque
as (archive footage)2019 Mike Wallace Is Here

Movies with Émile Zola as Crew(58)

Writing/Novel2015 Areno
Writing/Novel2013 In Secret
Writing/Novel2011 La Joie de vivre
Writing/Novel2009 Thirst
Writing/Novel1999 Na koniec świata
Writing/Novel1993 Germinal
Writing/Novel1988 L'Argent
Writing/Novel1988 Manifesto
Writing/Novel1985 Naná
Writing/Novel1983 Nana
Writing/Short Story1976 La petición
Writing/Novel1970 Nana
Writing/Novel1970 The Demise of Father Mouret
Writing/Novel1966 The Game Is Over
Writing/Novel1963 Germinal
Writing/Short Story1959 Wedding Night
Writing/Novel1957 Lovers of Paris
Writing/Novel1957 La bestia humana
Writing/Novel1956 Gervaise
Writing/Novel1955 Nana
Writing/Novel1954 Human Desire
Writing/Novel1953 Thérèse Raquin
Writing/Novel1947 Passionnelle
Writing/Short Story1945 Naïs
Writing/Novel1944 Naná
Writing/Author1943 Shop Girls of Paris
Writing/Novel1938 La Bête Humaine
Writing/Novel1934 Nana
Writing/Novel1931 The Struggle
Writing/Novel1931 The Dream
Writing/Novel1930 Au Bonheur des Dames
Writing/Novel1928 Thérèse Raquin
Writing/Novel1928 L'Argent
Writing/Novel1926 Nana
Writing/Novel1922 Zum Paradies der Damen
Writing/Novel1921 Maddalena Ferat
Writing/Novel1921 Le Rêve
Writing/Novel1921 Die Bestie im Menschen
Writing/Novel1921 La Terre
Writing/Novel1921 L'assommoir
Writing/Novel1920 Work
Writing/Novel1917 Chelovek - zver
Writing/Novel1917 Nanà
Writing/Novel1916 The Marble Heart
Writing/Novel1915 Money
Writing/Short Story1915 Seelen, die sich nachts begegnen
Writing/Novel1915 Destruction
Writing/Novel1913 The Miracle
Writing/Novel1913 Brother Against Brother
Writing/Novel1913 Germinal
Writing/Novel1912 Una pagina d'amore
Writing/Novel1912 Storstadens Hyæne
Writing/Novel1912 In the Land of Darkness
Writing/Story1910 The Attack on the Mill
Writing/Novel1909 Faldgruben
Writing/Novel1908 L'Assommoir
Writing/Novel1905 Down in the Coal Mines
Writing/Novel1902 Alcohol and Its Victims

TV Shows/Series with Émile Zola as Crew(3)

Writing/Novel2012 The Paradise
Writing/Novel1980 Thérèse Raquin
Writing/Novel1970 Alta comedia

Citizenship: France
Born: Thursday, 04/02 1840 (April) in Paris (France)
Died: Sunday, 09/28 1902 (September) in Paris (aged: 62)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Alexandrine Meley
Children: Jacques Émile-Zola, Denise Émile-Zola
Father: Francesco Zola
Mother: kylianmaffé
Influenced by/Role models: Honoré de Balzac
Other names for Émile Zola (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Emile Zola"
"Émile-Édouard-Charles-Antoine Zola"
"Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola"
"Le Maître de Médan" (Nickname)
Émile Zola frequently works together with these people:
Jean Renoir (6x, Crew)
Claude Berri (4x, Crew)
D.W. Griffith (4x, Crew)
Lupu Pick (4x, Crew)
Charles Spaak (4x, Crew)
Julien Duvivier (4x, Crew)
Pepe Soriano (4x, Actor)
Albert Capellani (4x, Crew)
Park Chan-wook (3x, Crew)
Raymond Hakim (3x, Crew)
Robert Hakim (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:125000, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024