Emile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism
19th-century french dramatists and playwrights
Jules Verne
French novelist, poet, and playwright
Victor Hugo
French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement
Alexandre Dumas
French writer
Honore de Balzac
French novelist and playwright