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.
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Human Comedy in Tokyo (2023)
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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (2023)
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Lost Illusions (2021)
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Eugénie Grandet (2021)
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Magic Skin (2018)
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Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort (2017)
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Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions (2014)
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The Magic Skin (2011)
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The Skin of Sorrow (2010)
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Nucingen House (2008)
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The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
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Zakuro Yashiki (2006)
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Old Goriot (2004)
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Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999)
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Cousin Bette (1998)
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Passion in the Desert (1997)
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Colonel Chabert (1994)
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Eugénie Grandet (1994)
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L'Interdiction (1993)
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De Granšānu ģimenes noslēpumi (1993)
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Albert Savarus (1993)
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La Femme abandonnée (1992)
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La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
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La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
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Chouans! (1988)
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Mistr Kornelius (1988)
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Gobseck (1987)
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Mönch ärgere dich nicht (1986)
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Lost Illusions (1983)
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Black Venus (1983)
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Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982)
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La peau de chagrin (1980)
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Le Curé de Tours (1980)
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Cousin Pons (1978)
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Sesternica Beta (1978)
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Eugenia Grandet (1977)
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Le Faiseur (1977)
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Petřička (1977)
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Plukovník Chabert (1976)
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The Magic Skin (1975)
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Veľká poľovačka (1975)
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Une ténébreuse affaire (1975)
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Der Macher oder Warten auf Godeau (1974)
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My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure (1973)
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Bratranec Pons (1973)
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Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais? (1972)
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Le Père Goriot (1972)
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Out 1 (1971)
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Out 1 (1971)
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Cousin Bette (1971)
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Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa (1970)
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Mercadet (1970)
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Le Lys dans la vallée (1970)
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Stolen Kisses (1968)
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Himself as Herself (1967)
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Oberst Chabert (1967)
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Plukovník Chabert (1967)
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Stimulantia (1967)
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Illusions perdues (1966)
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Evženie Grandetová (1966)
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Die Geschäfte des Herrn Mercadet (1965)
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La Cousine Bette (1964)
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961)
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La grande bretèche (1960)
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Eugénie Grandet (1960)
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The Opportunists (1960)
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Shagreen Leather (1960)
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Oberst Chabert (1956)
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Eugenia Grandet (1953)
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Karriere in Paris (1952)
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Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur (1949)
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Der Bagnosträfling (1949)
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The Lovable Cheat (1949)
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The Royalists (1947)
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Eugenia Grandet (1946)
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Camino de Sacramento (1945)
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Father Goriot (1945)
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La Rabouilleuse (1944)
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Vautrin the Thief (1943)
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Colonel Chabert (1943)
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Secrets of a Ballerina (1943)
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La piel de zapa (1943)
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Twisted Mistress (1942)
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Wicked Duchess (1942)
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The Masked Lover (1940)
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Die unheimlichen Wünsche (1939)
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Mercadet (1936)
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Gobseck (1936)
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Un homme sans nom (1932)
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The Man Without a Name (1932)
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Honor of the Family (1931)
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Love (1928)
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Cousin Bette (1928)
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Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1927)
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Paris at Midnight (1926)
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Le Cousin Pons (1924)
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Gobseck (1924)
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Ferragus (1923)
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Slave of Desire (1923)
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The Red Inn (1923)
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The Eternal Flame (1922)
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Le Père Goriot (1922)
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The Conquering Power (1921)
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If Women Only Knew (1921)
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The Man of the Sea (1920)
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Narayana (1920)
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Der Galeerensträfling (1920)
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The Dream Cheater (1920)
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Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1920)
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Desire (1920)
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Das Maskenfest des Lebens (1918)
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The Thirteenth Man (1917)
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The Magic Skin (1915)
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Maskierte Liebe (1912)
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The Living Dead (1912)
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Eugénie Grandet (1910)
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Madame de Langeais (1910)
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The Great Breach (1909)
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The Sealed Room (1909)
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The False Oath (1909)
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Vautrin
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1799-05-20
Deathday1850-08-18 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceTours, France
ReligionCatholicism
Height
RelationshipsCaroline Marbouty (1833-01-01 - 1839-01-01), Maria du Fresnay, Laure de Berny (1823-01-01 - 1833-01-01)
SpouseEwelina Hańska
ChildrenMarie-Caroline Du Fresnay
FatherBernard-François Balzac
MotherAnne-Charlotte-Laure Sallambier
SiblingsLaure Surville
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour
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