Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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Émile Zola was born on April 2, 1840, in Paris, France. His father was an Italian engineer. Young Zola studied at the Collége Bourbon in Provence, where his schoolmate and friend was Paul Cezanne. In 1858 Zola returned to Paris and became a student at the Lycée Saint-Louis, from which he graduated in 1862. After working at clerical jobs, he began to write a literary column for a Parisian newspaper. Zola's main literary work was "Les Rougon-Macquart", a monumental cycle of twenty novels about Parisian society during the French Second Empire under Napoleon III and after the Franco-Prussian War.

  • When was
    Émile Zola born?

    Émile Zola was born on Thursday, April 2, 1840

  • Where was
    Émile Zola born?

    Émile Zola was born in Paris, France

  • How old was
    Émile Zola when they died?

    Émile Zola was 63

  • When did Émile Zola die?

    Émile Zola died on
    Sunday, September 28, 1902


Best Quotes

  • 'The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
  • I am an artist. I am here to live out loud.
  • There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
  • The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected to the fate of men.
  • If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
  • The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

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