list of french novelists

This is a list of novelists from France. Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have Wikipedia articles on them.

Edmond About, (1828-1885)
Honor de Balzac, (1799-1850), author of La Comedie Humaine, a series of novels presenting a full picture of France in the early 19th century
Henri Bordeaux, (1870-1963)
Pierre Boulle, (1912-1994), author of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes.
Albert Camus, (1913-1960)
Louis Ferdinand Cline, (1894-1961), Death on the Installment Plan or Mort Credit.
Gilbert Cesbron, (1913-1979)
Colette, (1873-1954), best known for "Gigi" and "Cheri"
Alphonse Daudet, (1840-1897)
Rgine Deforges
Denis Diderot, (1713-1784)
Alexandre Dumas, (1802-1870), perhaps more movies have been made from his novels than any other; The Count of Monte Cristo has been filmed on an average of once every 18 months since films were first made.
Andr Gide, (1869-1951)
Michel Houellebecq, Impact award winner
Joris-Karl Huysmans, (1848-1907), novelist of the perverse
Gustave Flaubert, (1821-1880)
Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables
Nancy Huston, (1953- )
Alain-Ren Le Sage, (1668-1747)
Alfred Jarry, (1873-1907), satirist, inventor of Pataphysics
Choderlos de Laclos
Hector Malot, (1830-1907)
Andre Malraux, (1901-1976)
Alma Marceau
Georges Perec, (1936-1982)
Abb Prvost
Marcel Proust, (1871-1922)
Franois Rabelais, (ca. 1493-1553)
Pauline Rage
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778)
Marquis de Sade, (1740-1814), Mr. Eponym
Franoise Sagan
Georges Sand
Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980), existentialist
Stendhal, (1783-1842), author of The Red and the Black, considered by some to be the first modern novel
Jules Verne, (1828-1905), writer of techno-thrillers, and founding father of science fiction.
Boris Vian, (1920-1959)
Voltaire, (1694-1778), satirist, playwright
Emile Zola, (1840-1902), naturalist

List Of French Novelists

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