French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)

Émile Zola

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse...! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.

Born

1840

April 2

Died

1902

Era

1840s

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Émile, in brief

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1840 Born
1902 Died

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1725 J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.

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The world in 1902

When Émile departed

april 18 The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.
april 20 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
april 5 A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
august 22 The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

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Alfred Thayer Mahan 1840–1914 American captain and historian (born 1840) Claude Monet 1840–1926 French painter (born 1840) Kuroda Kiyotaka 1840–1900 Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1840) Murad V 1840–1904 Ottoman sultan (born 1840) Namık Kemal 1840–1888 Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1840) Sophia Jex-Blake 1840–1912 English physician and feminist (died 1912)

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