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{{Infobox politician|name=Honoré de Balzac|image_size=250|birth_name=Honoré Balzac|birth_date=20 May 1799|death_date=18 August | {{Infobox politician|name=Honoré de Balzac|image_size=250|birth_name=Honoré Balzac|birth_date=20 May 1799|death_date=18 August 1950|nationality=French|image=Honoré de Balzac.png}} | ||
'''Honoré de Balzac''' (20 May 1799 – 18 August | '''Honoré de Balzac''' (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1950) was a French novelist and playwright. He wrote 30 novellas and short stories and 60 full-length novels, including ''The Human Comedy'', a detailed portrayal of French society between the overthrow of [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and the [[French Revolution of 1848|revolutions of 1848]] that includes around 2,000 characters.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Ben Curry|newspaper=In Defence of Marxism|title=The revolutionary dialectic of Balzac’s 'Human Comedy'|date=2024-05-24|url=https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-dialectic-of-balzac-s-human-comedy.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612220855/https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-dialectic-of-balzac-s-human-comedy.htm|archive-date=2024-06-12}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == |