Honoré de Balzac

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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La Belle Noiseuse

(1991) Novel

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Colonel Chabert

(1994) Novel

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Lost Illusions

(2021) Novel

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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan

(2023) Novel

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The Skin of Sorrow

(2010) Novel

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The Sealed Room

(1909) Novel

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Stimulantia

(1967) Novel

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The Conquering Power

(1921) Story

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Acting

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Novel	Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan 2023-09-13 Movie
2021	Novel	Lost Illusions 2021-10-20 Movie
	Novel	Eugénie Grandet 2021-09-29 Movie
2017	Original Story	Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort 2017-03-13 Movie
2014	Original Story	Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions 2014-02-02 Movie
2011	Novel	The Magic Skin 2011-06-06 Movie
2010	Novel	The Skin of Sorrow 2010-09-22 Movie
2009	Novel	Nucingen House 2009-06-03 Movie
2007	Novel	The Duchess of Langeais 2007-03-28 Movie
2006	Writer	La Grenadière 2006-07-07 Movie
2004	Novel	Old Goriot 2004-11-09 Movie
1999	Novel	Balzac: A Life of Passion 1999-09-13 Movie
1998	Novel	Cousin Bette 1998-06-12 Movie
1997	Story	Passion in the Desert 1997-08-31 Movie
1994	Novel	Colonel Chabert 1994-09-21 Movie
	Novel	Eugénie Grandet 1994-02-12 Movie
1993	Novel	De Granšānu ģimenes noslēpumi 1993-07-11 Movie
	Writer	Albert Savarus 1993-01-30 Movie
1992	Novel	La Femme abandonnée 1992-09-04 Movie
	Novel	La Belle Noiseuse : Divertimento 1992-01-01 Movie
1991	Novel	La Belle Noiseuse 1991-09-04 Movie
1988	Book	Mistr Kornelius 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Writer	Gobseck 1987-08-19 Movie
1985	Novel	Gobseck 1985-10-06 Movie
1983	Novel	Lost Illusions 1983-04-25 Movie
1980	Novel	Le Curé de Tours 1980-12-02 Movie
1978	Writer	Cousin Pons 1978-01-28 Movie
	Novel	Sesternica Beta 1978-01-01 TV Show
1977	Writer	Eugenia Grandet 1977-12-14 Movie
	Author	Le Faiseur 1977-03-12 Movie
	Novel	Petřička 1977-01-16 Movie
1976	Novel	Plukovník Chabert 1976-12-25 Movie
	Author	The Red Inn 1976-02-04 Movie
1975	Novel	The Magic Skin 1975-09-11 Movie
	Novel	Veľká poľovačka 1975-07-21 Movie
	Novel	Une ténébreuse affaire 1975-07-09 Movie
1973	Novel	My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure 1973-04-14 Movie
	Novel	Bratranec Pons 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Short Story	Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais? 1972-05-03 Movie
1971	Novel	Cousin Bette 1971-08-07 TV Show
1970	Novel	Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa 1970-09-16 Movie
	Theatre Play	Mercadet 1970-06-29 Movie
	Writer	Le lys dans la vallée 1970-05-16 Movie
1967	Novel	Himself as Herself 1967-11-22 Movie
	Novel	Plukovník Chabert 1967-04-10 Movie
	Novel	Stimulantia 1967-03-28 Movie
1966	Novel	Illusions perdues 1966-03-05 TV Show
	Novel	Evženie Grandetová 1966-01-23 Movie
1964	Writer	La Cousine Bette 1964-11-03 Movie
1961	Story	The Girl with the Golden Eyes 1961-09-01 Movie
1960	Writer	Eugénie Grandet 1960-05-25 Movie
	Novel	The Opportunists 1960-04-08 Movie
	Novel	Shagreen Leather 1960-03-09 Movie
1955	Book	Den underbara lögnen 1955-11-25 Movie
1953	Original Story	Eugenia Grandet 1953-09-23 Movie
1952	Novel	Karriere in Paris 1952-01-25 Movie
1949	Story	Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur 1949-10-07 Movie
	Theatre Play	The Lovable Cheat 1949-05-11 Movie
1947	Author	The Royalists 1947-03-20 Movie
1946	Novel	Eugenia Grandet 1946-09-10 Movie
1945	Novel	Father Goriot 1945-03-22 Movie
1943	Novel	Colonel Chabert 1943-12-01 Movie
	Novel	La piel de zapa 1943-10-28 Movie
1942	Story	Twisted Mistress 1942-08-14 Movie
	Novel	Wicked Duchess 1942-03-27 Movie
1940	Novel	The Masked Lover 1940-10-11 Movie
1936	Writer	Gobseck 1936-05-09 Movie
1932	Novel	Un homme sans nom 1932-09-30 Movie
	Novel	The Man Without a Name 1932-06-30 Movie
1931	Novel	Honor of the Family 1931-10-17 Movie
1928	Writer	Love 1928-12-16 Movie
	Novel	Cousin Bette 1928-11-30 Movie
1927	Story	Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen 1927-01-01 Movie
1926	Writer	Paris at Midnight 1926-04-17 Movie
1923	Writer	Ferragus 1923-11-30 Movie
	Novel	The Red Inn 1923-09-27 Movie
1922	Novel	The Eternal Flame 1922-09-17 Movie
	Novel	Le Père Goriot 1922-01-01 Movie
1921	Story	The Conquering Power 1921-07-08 Movie
1920	Novel	The Man of the Sea 1920-12-03 Movie
	Original Story	Narayana 1920-10-22 Movie
	Story	Der Galeerensträfling 1920-07-23 Movie
	Writer	The Dream Cheater 1920-04-04 Movie
	Novel	Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen 1920-03-27 Movie
	Original Story	Desire 1920-01-01 Movie
1917	Writer	The Thirteenth Man 1917-10-01 Movie
1915	Writer	The Magic Skin 1915-10-13 Movie
1912	Story	Maskierte Liebe 1912-03-23 Movie
	Novel	The Living Dead 1912-02-23 Movie
1910	Novel	Madame de Langeais 1910-10-15 Movie
	Writer	Eugénie Grandet 1910-05-26 Movie
1909	Writer	The Great Breach 1909-10-29 Movie
	Novel	The Sealed Room 1909-09-02 Movie
	Writer	The False Oath 1909-07-09 Movie
	Writer	Vautrin Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1943	Creator	Vautrin the Thief 1943-12-13 Movie
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