Emile Zola

Emile Zola was born in 1840, Mr.. in Paris in the family of an engineer. His father died in 1847, leaving his family in distress. After graduating from the Lyceum, Zola went to the service in the merchant's office, then went to work in a bookstore. Sooner began writing poetry, a little later - prose.
In 1864, Mr.. released their first collection of short stories by Zola 'Tales Ninon', next year - a novel 'Confessions of Claude'. In 1866-1867 he. Zola has shown himself a staunch supporter of the new direction in painting impressionism (the book 'What I hate', 'My fair', 'Edouard Manet').
. In the preface to the drama 'Teresa Raken' (1867) Zola declared himself a supporter of the naturalistic school, arguing that the biological beginning is dominant in human life
. He introduced in the literature of natural science discoveries, physiology and medicine. In 1868, Mr.. Zola began work on a series of novels about the Second Empire - since the reign of Napoleon III, and wrote 20 novels, combining their common name 'Rugon-Makkar. Natural and social history of one family in the era of the Second Empire '. These novels of Zola wrote 22 years (from 1871 to 1893). In the novels: 'Trap', . 'Money', . 'Land', . 'Ladies' happiness', . 'Scum', . 'Production', . 'Career Rugonov', . 'Man-beast', . 'Belly of Paris', . 'Germinal', . 'Defeat', . 'Creativity' writer gives a realistic, . psychologically accurate description of all sectors of French society.,
. In the dramatic field Zola left to posterity 'Therese Raken' and comedy 'heirs Raburdena', and of prose, except for 'Rugon-Makkar' tetralogy 'The Four Gospels'
. Only, unlike the original four Gospels - of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - Zola invited the reader of the Gospel, such as the 'Fertility', 'Work', 'truth' and 'Justice'. The first three novels were published in 1899-1903 gg., The fourth novel was not completed. Died in 1902. Paris.