Balzac+and+the+banned+French+authors

=Balzac and other banned authors:= ===__Honoré de Balzac__: (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850) Born in Tours, France, Honoré de Balzac was a very important novelist from the nineteenth century. //La comedie humaine// was one of his most important works which was made of ninety stories. Balzac led a very flamboyant and eccentric lifestyle. He would begin working at midnight and continue working till midday, consuming dangerous amounts of black coffee. He eventually grew tired of this lifestyle and began developing a grotuotous activity in the social spectrum. He was never too successful in the monetary department. He had an extensive collection of antiques, unsuccessful business schemes, and groteque printer's bills to see to his lack of funds. Balzac, to say the least, was a unique individual.===

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===__Romain Rolland__: (January 29, 1866 - December 30, 1944) Romain Rolland was the author of //Jean-Christophe//, a novel mentioned in //Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.// After graduating from the École Normale Supérieure in 1889, he moved to Rome where me met Malvida von Meysenburg and discovered the Italian rennaissance. These factors influenced Rolland's writing. He returned to Parris in 1891 and turned to socialism. He became a major role in the French Revolution. In 1904, Rolland began to teach at Sorbonne. It was during this time that he wrote //Jean-Christophe// which shows the confrontations and hardships of an artist and a decaying society. During WWI, he moved to Switzerland accusing both France and Germany. After the fall of Europe, Rolland regained hope during the Russian Revolution. Though he did oppose violence, he decided to join the communist party. He moved to Vézelay in 1938 and wrote //Mémoires// and //Le Voyage intériuer//, his spiritual autobiography.===