Le théatre classique -- Victor Hugo -- Emile Augier -- Alexandre Dumas fils -- Victorien Sardou -- Eug`ene Labiche -- Meilhac et Halévy -- Edmond Gondinet -- Edouard Pailleron -- Adolphe d'Ennery -- Octave Feuillet -- George Sand -- Théodore de Banville -- Edmond et Jules de Goncourt -- Erckmann-Chatrian
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Émile Zola
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 Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.