Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)

Émile Zola

French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola 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…