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J’Accuse…! Émile Zola dies in 1902

French writer, journalist and playwright Émile Zola died September 29, 1902 in Paris. 

Émile Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist. An emblematic figure of the naturalist movement of the nineteenth century, Zola depicts French society during the Second Empire in his novels with meticulousness and realism. He is also known for his political stance against the authoritarian excesses of the Second Empire and in the Dreyfus affair in 1897. His novels are among the most published and translated titles in the world.
Émile Zola: biography, bibliography, filmography | Fnac

  French writer, journalist and playwright Émile Zola died September 29, 1902 in Paris. 

Emile Zola (1840-1902)
Issued by LaPoste 1967
Designer: Claude Robert Ernest Durrens

French writer, journalist and playwright Émile Zola died September 29, 1902 in Paris. 

Emile Zola (1840-1902)
Issued by LaPoste in 2002 
Designer: Jean-Paul Veret-Lemarinier 

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