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Honoré de Balzac

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Born 1799 in Tours · Died 1850 in Paris

writer, novelist, essayist, journalist · France · associated with literary realism

Notable works: Père Goriot, The Human Comedy, Illusions perdues, Eugénie Grandet, Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes

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