Find out more about the greatest 19th Century French Writers, including Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Thérèse of Lisieux and Marcel Proust.
Alexandre Dumas24 July 1802
Victor Hugo26 February 1802
Author & Poet
Jules Verne08 February 1828
Writer
Marquis de Sade02 June 1740
Erotic Novelist
Marcel Proust10 July 1871
French novelist
Charles Baudelaire09 April 1821
Poet
Colette28 January 1873
Novelist
Arthur Rimbaud20 October 1854
Poet
George Sand01 July 1804
Guy de Maupassant05 August 1850
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Jean Cocteau05 July 1889
Novelist, Poet, Artist & Filmmaker
Gustave Flaubert12 December 1821
Novelist, Writer
Henri Bergson18 October 1859
Philosopher and Writer
Antonin Artaud04 September 1896
Dramatist, Poet, Essayist, Actor, & Theatre
Paul Verlaine30 March 1844
Poet
Hilaire Belloc27 July 1870
Writer
Anatole France16 April 1844
Writer
Alexander Berkman21 November 1870
Editor
Stéphane Mallarmé18 March 1842
Poet
Robert W. Service16 January 1874
Poet & Writer
Alphonse Daudet13 May 1840
Novelist, Short story writer, playwright, poet
Alfred de Musset11 December 1810
Dramatist, Poet, Novelist
Emile Zola02 April 1840
French novelist
Andre Breton19 February 1896
Founder of Surrealism
Oscar Milosz28 May 1877
Poet
Elisee Reclus15 March 1830
Geographer, Anarchist, Writer
Andre Gide22 November 1869
Paul Valery30 October 1871
Poet
Auguste Escoffier28 October 1846
Chef
Vilfredo Pareto15 July 1848
Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Guillaume Apollinaire25 August 1880
Poet
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Marc Bloch06 July 1886
Historian, Medievalist, University teacher, Writer
Gaston Leroux06 May 1868
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Arthur de Gobineau14 July 1816
Racial theorist, Philosopher, Writer, Diplomat,
Romain Rolland29 January 1866
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist,
Georges Sorel02 November 1847
Philosopher, Engineer, Sociologist, Writer, Trade
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Allan Kardec03 October 1804
Writer, Teacher, Philosopher
Joris-Karl Huysmans05 February 1848
Writer, Art critic, Novelist
Charles Maurras20 April 1868
Author
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès03 May 1748
Writer
Adah Isaacs Menken15 June 1835
Actress
Gaston Bachelard27 June 1884
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, University teacher
Théophile Gautier31 August 1811
writer, journalist, playwright, literary critic,
Maurice Leblanc11 November 1864
Writer, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Jacques Maritain18 November 1882
Philosopher, Educationist, Writer
Alfred Jarry08 September 1873
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Novelist
Jean-Baptiste Say05 January 1767
Economist, Politician, Writer, Professor,
Francis Picabia22 January 1879
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Eliphas Levi08 February 1810
Philosopher, Non-fiction writer, Occultist
Louis Aragon03 October 1897
Writer, Journalist, Politician, Poet, Novelist,
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Paul Langevin23 January 1872
Physicist, Professor, Chemist, Philosopher of
George du Maurier06 March 1834
Writer, Illustrator
Jules Michelet21 August 1798
Historian, Archivist, Writer, Diarist, Professor,
Claude Cahun25 October 1894
Artist, Photographer, Writer
Alexandre Dumas, fils27 July 1824
Author
Prosper Mérimée28 September 1803
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Historian,
Maurice de Vlaminck04 April 1876
Painter, Writer, Sculptor, Graphic artist
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours14 December 1739
Economist
François Mauriac11 October 1885
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Gabriel Marcel07 December 1889
Playwright, Philosopher, Writer, University
François Guizot04 October 1787
Politician, Diplomat, Historian, Translator,
Comte de Lautréamont04 April 1846
Poet, Writer
Freya Stark31 January 1893
Explorer
Paul Claudel06 August 1868
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Camille Flammarion26 February 1842
astronomer, writer, balloonist, science fiction
René Clair11 November 1898
Screenwriter, Actor, Film director, Film producer,
Max Jacob12 July 1876
Painter, Poet, Writer, Literary critic
Louis Blanc29 October 1811
Journalist, Politician, Historian, Writer
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr24 November 1808
Journalist, Writer, Novelist
Jean Giono30 March 1895
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist
Louis Bachelier11 March 1870
Mathematician, Economist, Non-fiction writer
Ouida01 January 1839
Novelist
Charles Péguy07 January 1873
Poet
Blaise Cendrars01 September 1887
War correspondent, Journalist, Poet, Writer,
Georges Bernanos20 February 1888
Author
Jean-Henri Fabre21 December 1823
Entomologist
Sully Prudhomme16 March 1839
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist
Émile Bernard28 April 1868
Painter, Poet, Writer
Pierre Loti14 January 1850
Writer, Q3349700, Novelist, Essayist, Diarist,
Pierre Louÿs10 December 1870
Poet
Sacha Guitry21 February 1885
Screenwriter, Actor, Playwright, Film director,
Léon Bloy11 July 1846
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Maurice Denis25 November 1870
Painter, Illustrator, Lithographer, Writer, Art
Zygmunt Krasiński19 February 1812
Poet
Maurice Barrès19 August 1862
Novelist
Saint-John Perse31 May 1887
Poet, Writer, Diplomat
Henri Michaux24 May 1899
Painter, Poet, Writer
Henri Barbusse17 May 1873
Writer, Journalist, Esperantist, Screenwriter,
Jean Giraudoux29 October 1882
Playwright, Screenwriter, Diplomat, Novelist,
Henry de Montherlant20 April 1895
Essayist
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle03 January 1893
Writer
Eugène Sue26 January 1804
Novelist