Birth of Honore De Balzac
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Written by Islamstory
16th of Zul Hejja,Year 1213 AH/ May 20th, 1799 AD: Birth of French man of letters and novelist Honoré De Balzac. Of his masterpieces is the Human Comedy. However, his studies in mannerism made him one of the pioneers among his contemporaries. Balzac lived for fifty years and died on August 18th, 1850. He was a workaholic person as he wrote eighteen hours daily and , as a result, he left behind an ample legacy of literal works.
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