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    BornÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola · 2 April 1840 · Paris, France
    Died29 September 1902 (aged 62) · Paris, France
    SpouseÉléonore-Alexandrine Meley
    ParentsFrançois Zola (father) · Émilie Aubert (mother)
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    Émile Zola was a French novelist, journalist, and playwright, who became famous for his naturalistic novels and his role in the Dreyfus affair.
    Early life

    Zola was born in Paris in 1840 to François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla) and Émilie Aubert. His father was an Italian engineer with some Greek ancestry, who was born in Venice in 1795, and engineered the Zola Dam… See more

    Later life

    In 1862 Zola was naturalized as a French citizen. In 1865, he met Éléonore-Alexandrine Meley, who called herself Gabrielle, a seamstress. They married on 31 May 1870. Together they cared for Zola's moth… See more

    Career

    During his early years, Zola wrote numerous short stories and essays, four plays, and three novels. Among his early books was Contes à Ninon, published in 1864. With the publication of his sordid autobiogra… See more

    Dreyfus affair

    Captain Alfred Dreyfus was a French-Jewish artillery officer in the French army. In September 1894, French intelligence discovered someone had been passing military secrets to the German Embassy. Senior offic… See more

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