Balzac

American  

[bawl-zak, bal-, bal-zak] / ˈbɔl zæk, ˈbæl-, balˈzak /

noun

1. Honoré de 1799–1850, French novelist.

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Balzac British  

/ ˈbælzæk, balzak /

noun

1. Honoré de (ɔnɔre də). 1799–1850, French novelist: author of a collection of novels under the general title La Comédie humaine , including Eugénie Grandet (1833), Le Père Goriot (1834), and La Cousine Bette (1846)

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Example Sentences

Père-Lachaise is also home to such notable figures as Honoré de Balzac, Frédéric Chopin, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At an elevation, he looked like a haggard Rodin bust of Balzac.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

The academy noted that Oe’s work has been strongly influenced by Western writers, including Dante, Poe, Rabelais, Balzac, Eliot and Sartre.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Honoré de Balzac of France depicted the seedy side of life in French cities, often focusing on stories of crime.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

That every year, on her birthday, her father would present her with another puzzle and another novel, and she would read all of Jules Verne and all of Dumas and maybe even Balzac and Proust?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr