Writing
Honoré de Balzac
EN, FR, RU, JA cinema · 98 credits
Born
20 May 1799
Died
18 August 1850 (aged 51)
Birthplace
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
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Filmography
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Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
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