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Emile Zola was a French novelist and political activist who pioneered the naturalist literary movement. He was known for writing about the poor residents of France as well as subjects considered taboo at the time. Zola was a very established author and wrote over 30 books during the 19th and early 20th century, including the popular twenty book series Les Rougon-Macquart. Emile Zola was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. The 1937 American biographical film The Life of Emile Zola is considered among the best biographical movies and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Zola was also friends since childhood with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne. The 2016 French film Cézanne et Moi depicts their friendship.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold an Emile Zola autograph letter from 1883 for $871. Please see details below:
Emile Zola Letter Signed & Dated 1883
Emile Zola manuscript letter signed. Letter is written in French and is signed and dated by the author, “15 Octobre 1883 / Emile Zola”. One page document measures 7″ x 9.75″ with a watermark seal dated 1883 and two additional seals to upper left, one embossed, one printed. Minor folds and toning, else very good. Sold for $871.
We also sold this Emile Zola autograph letter:
Literary revolutionary Emile Zola autograph letter signed regarding his seminal work ”Germinal”. Zola’s bittersweet novel about coal miners striking in industrial France cemented the triumph of literary naturalism over its chief predecessor, romanticism. Letter from Medan, France is dated 20 November 1884 and addressed to Mr. W.F. Madge. Written in French, correspondence translates in full to: ”Sir, The matter is settled. I submit to you the full right for Great Britain to translate my book ‘Germinal’ into the English language under the condition that you pay in cash half of the sum we agreed upon, now, and the other half by February 18 of next year. I am delighted that we agreed upon the matter with such ease. Yours truly, Emile Zola”. Single-page letter measures 4.75” x 8” and comes mounted and framed beside an etching of Zola to an overall size of 19” x 17”. A translation is affixed to frame verso. Toning and trimming to edges of letter; scratching to frame glass, else near fine. Sold for $726.
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