Balzac

Honore de Balzac was born on May 20th, 1799 in Tours, France. He was a French novelist and playwright who published almost 100 novels. Balzac is well known to be the founding father of realism in European literature. His novels, most being comedies, consists of many well-defined characters, and descriptions in exceptional detail of the scene of action. It is also his trademark to bring back particular characters in various novels repeatedly.

As Balzac’s health failed in 1849, he traveled to Poland to visit Eveline Hanska, a wealthy landowner. Balzac and Eveline married in Berdyczow in 1850. Because of his health problems, he died three months after his wedding.
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