| Full Name |
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola |
| Date of Birth |
02 April 1840 |
| Place of Birth |
Paris, France |
| Date of Death |
29 September 1902 |
| Place of Death |
Paris, France |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
French |
| Education |
Lycée Saint-Louis (Paris) |
| Profession |
Novelist, playwright, journalist |
| Years of Activity |
1864-1902 |
| Brief Information |
Émile Zola was a French novelist, playwright, and journalist. He was a prominent figure in the literary naturalism movement and a major contributor to the development of the naturalistic novel. Zola is known for his twenty-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, which chronicles the lives of a family during the Second French Empire. |