Honoré de Balzac, né Honoré Balzac
Works:
◊ A Daughter of Eve (English)
◊ A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (English)
◊ A Drama on the Seashore (English)
◊ A Man of Business (English)
◊ A Passion in the Desert (English)
◊ A Prince of Bohemia (English)
◊ A Second Home (English)
◊ A Start in Life (English)
◊ A Street of Paris and Its Inhabitant (English)
◊ A Woman of Thirty (English)
◊ Adieu (English)
◊ Albert Savarus (English)
◊ An Episode under the Terror (English)
◊ An Historical Mystery (English)
◊ An Old Maid (English)
◊ Analytical Studies (English)
◊ Another Study of Woman (English)
◊ At the Sign of the Cat and Racket (English)
◊ Beatrix (English)
◊ Bureaucracy (English)
◊ Catherine De Medici (English)
◊ Christ in Flanders (English)
◊ Colonel Chabert (English)
• Contes bruns (French)
◊ Cousin Betty (English)
◊ Cousin Pons (English)
◊ Domestic Peace (English)
◊ Droll Stories (English)
◊ El Verdugo (English)
• Eugénie Grandet (French)
◊ Eugenie Grandet (English)
◊ Eve and David (English)
◊ Facino Cane (English)
◊ Farewell (English)
◊ Father Goriot (English)
◊ Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants (English)
◊ Folk-Tales of Napoleon (English)
◊ Gambara (English)
◊ Gaudissart II (English)
◊ Gobseck (English)
◊ Honorine (English)
◊ Juana (English)
• La Comédie humaine, Volume 1 (French)
• La Comédie humaine, Volume 2 (French)
• La Comédie humaine, Volume 3 (French)
• La Comédie humaine, Volume 4 (French)
◊ The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix (English)
• La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote (French)
◊ La Grande Breteche (English)
◊ La Grenadiere (English)
◊ Letters of Two Brides (English)
◊ Lost Illusions (English)
◊ Louis Lambert (English)
◊ Love in a Mask (English)
◊ Madame Firmiani (English)
◊ Maitre Cornelius (English)
◊ Massimilla Doni (English)
◊ Melmoth Reconciled (English)
◊ Mercadet: A Comedy in Three Acts (English)
◊ Modeste Mignon (English)
◊ Pamela Giraud: A Play in Five Acts (English)
◊ Parisians in the Country (English)
◊ Paz (La Fausse Maitresse) (English)
◊ Petty Troubles of Married Life (English)
◊ Pierre Grassou (English)
◊ Pierrette (English)
◊ Poor Relations (English)
◊ Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau (English)
◊ Sarrasine (English)
◊ Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life (English)
◊ Seraphita (English)
◊ Sons of the Soil (English)
◊ Study of a Woman (English)
◊ The Alkahest (English)
◊ The Atheist’s Mass (English)
◊ The Ball at Sceaux (English)
◊ The Brotherhood of Consolation (English)
◊ The Celibates (English)
◊ The Chouans (English)
◊ The Collection of Antiquities (English)
◊ The Commission in Lunacy (English)
◊ The Country Doctor (English)
◊ The Deputy of Arcis (English)
◊ The Deserted Woman (English)
◊ The Duchesse of Langeais (English)
◊ The Elixir of Life (English)
◊ The Exiles (English)
◊ The Firm of Nucingen (English)
◊ The Girl with the Golden Eyes (English)
◊ The Hated Son (English)
◊ The Hidden Masterpiece (English)
◊ The Illustrious Gaudissart (English)
◊ The Jealousies of a Country Town (English)
◊ The Lesser Bourgeoisie (English)
◊ The Lily of the Valley (English)
◊ The Magic Skin (English)
◊ The Marriage Contract (English)
◊ The Message (English)
◊ The Muse of the Department (English)
◊ The Napoleon of the People (English)
◊ The Physiology of Marriage (English)
◊ The Purse (English)
◊ The Recruit (English)
◊ The Red Inn (English)
◊ The Resources of Quinola (English)
◊ The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan (English)
◊ The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts (English)
◊ The Thirteen (English)
◊ The Two Brothers (English)
◊ The Unknown Masterpiece (English)
◊ The Vicar of Tours (English)
◊ The Village Rector (English)
◊ Two Poets (English)
◊ Unconscious Comedians (English)
◊ Ursula (English)
◊ Vautrin: A Drama in Five Acts (English)
◊ Vendetta (English)
◊ Z. Marcas (English)
Quotes:
• Honoré de Balzac: Quotations
Filmography as Writer:
La Belle Noiseuse
1991
Director: Jacques Rivette
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart
Balzac in Art:
Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907)
Honoré de Balzac
1882
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)
Étude d’Honoré de Balzac
1891–1892
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)
Honoré de Balzac
1891
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917)
Portrait de Balzac
modeled 1893 (cast 1926–1933)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
| Born | May 20 | 1799 | Tours (France) |
| Died | August 18 | 1850 | Paris (France) |
| Buried | Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) |
| Occupation | Journalist | Novelist |
| Occupation | Playwright | Writer |