Jules Renard
Jules Renard | |
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Jules Renard, French author and playwright. | |
| Born | Pierre-Jules Renard 22 February 1864 Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France |
| Died | 22 May 1910 (aged 46) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Author |
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Marie Morneau (m. 1888) |
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Pierre-Jules Renard (pronounced [pjɛʁ ʒyl ʁənaʁ]; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories, 1896). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking, 1898) and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne (Eight Days in the Country, 1912).