
Honoré de Balzac
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 20, 1799
- Died
- August 18, 1850 (aged 51)
- Birthplace
- Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
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.
Known For
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Filmography

Vautrin
Movie · Writer

Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Movie · Novel

Lost Illusions
Movie · Novel

Eugénie Grandet
Movie · Novel

Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort
Movie · Original Story

Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
Movie · Original Story
The Magic Skin
Movie · Novel

The Skin of Sorrow
Movie · Novel

Nucingen House
Movie · Novel

The Duchess of Langeais
Movie · Novel

La Grenadière
Movie · Novel

Old Goriot
Movie · Novel

Balzac: A Life of Passion
Movie · Novel

Cousin Bette
Movie · Novel

Passion in the Desert
Movie · Story

Eugénie Grandet
Movie · Novel

Colonel Chabert
Movie · Novel

Albert Savarus
Movie · Writer

Secrets of the De Granshan Family
Movie · Novel

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Movie · Novel

La Femme abandonnée
Movie · Novel

La Belle Noiseuse
Movie · Novel
Mistr Kornelius
Movie · Short Story
Mercadet
Movie · Theatre Play

Gobseck
Movie · Novel
Gobseck
Movie · Novel

Lost Illusions
Movie · Novel

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Movie · Short Story

Le Curé de Tours
Movie · Novel

Cousin Pons
Movie · Writer
Sesternica Beta
TV · Novel · 3 eps

Eugenia Grandet
Movie · Writer
Petřička
Movie · Novel

Le Faiseur
Movie · Author
Plukovník Chabert
Movie · Novel

The Red Inn
Movie · Author
Une ténébreuse affaire
Movie · Novel
Veľká poľovačka
Movie · Novel

The Magic Skin
Movie · Novel
Bratranec Pons
Movie · Novel

My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure
Movie · Novel

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?
Movie · Short Story

Cousin Bette
TV · Novel · 5 eps
Pere Goriot
TV · Novel · 4 eps
Mercadet
Movie · Theatre Play

Le Lys dans la vallée
Movie · Writer

Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa
Movie · Novel
Plukovník Chabert
Movie · Novel

Himself as Herself
Movie · Novel

Stimulantia
Movie · Novel
Evženie Grandetová
Movie · Novel

Illusions perdues
TV · Novel · 4 eps

La Cousine Bette
Movie · Writer

The Girl with the Golden Eyes
Movie · Story

Shagreen Leather
Movie · Novel

The Opportunists
Movie · Novel

Eugénie Grandet
Movie · Novel

Vautrin
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Den underbara lögnen
Movie · Book
Evženie Grandetová
Movie · Novel

Eugenia Grandet
Movie · Original Story

Karriere in Paris
Movie · Novel

The Lovable Cheat
Movie · Theatre Play
Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur
Movie · Story

El verdugo
Movie · Original Story

The Royalists
Movie · Author

Eugenia Grandet
Movie · Novel

Father Goriot
Movie · Novel

Camino de Sacramento
Movie · Screenplay

Colonel Chabert
Movie · Novel

La piel de zapa
Movie · Novel

Wicked Duchess
Movie · Novel

Twisted Mistress
Movie · Story

The Masked Lover
Movie · Novel

Gobseck
Movie · Novel
Un homme sans nom
Movie · Novel

The Man Without a Name
Movie · Novel

Honor of the Family
Movie · Novel

Cousin Bette
Movie · Novel

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Movie · Story

Love
Movie · Writer

Paris at Midnight
Movie · Writer

The Red Inn
Movie · Novel

Ferragus
Movie · Writer

The Eternal Flame
Movie · Novel
Le Père Goriot
Movie · Novel

The Conquering Power
Movie · Story

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Movie · Novel
Desire
Movie · Original Story

The Man of the Sea
Movie · Novel

Der Galeerensträfling
Movie · Story

The Dream Cheater
Movie · Writer

Narayana
Movie · Novel
The Thirteenth Man
Movie · Writer

The Magic Skin
Movie · Writer

The Living Dead
Movie · Novel
Maskierte Liebe
Movie · Story

Madame de Langeais
Movie · Novel
Eugénie Grandet
Movie · Writer
The Duchess of Langeais
Movie · Writer

The Sealed Room
Movie · Novel

The False Oath
Movie · Writer
The Great Breach
Movie · Writer

