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
20th-century french novelists
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist born in Brussels, Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Acadmie franaise, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3.
Jules Verne
French novelist, poet, and playwright
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic
Andre Schwarz-Bart
French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time , originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
Marcel Pagnol
French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
Amin Maalouf
Lebanese-born French author who has lived in France since 1976. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into over 40 languages