Balzac

American

[bawl-zak, bal-, bal-zak] / ˈbɔl zæk, ˈbæl-, balˈzak /

noun

Honoré de 1799–1850, French novelist.

Balzac British

/ ˈbælzæk, balzak /

noun

Honoré de (ɔnɔre də). 1799–1850, French novelist: author of a collection of novels under the general title La Comédie humaine , including Eugénie Grandet (1833), Le Père Goriot (1834), and La Cousine Bette (1846)

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Père-Lachaise is also home to such notable figures as Honoré de Balzac, Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

At an elevation, he looked like a haggard Rodin bust of Balzac.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

The academy noted that Oe’s work has been strongly influenced by Western writers, including Dante, Poe, Rabelais, Balzac, Eliot and Sartre.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Honoré de Balzac of France depicted the seedy side of life in French cities, often focusing on stories of crime.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Where Anatole France’s work had been about ideas and wit, and Thomas Mann had been about precision and the ordering of character and plot, Honoré de Balzac, to me, was all about character.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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