Dibana no-Emile Zola, intsomi yoncwadi lwesiFrentshi

Ngalo mhla we-2 ka-Epreli 1840, umbhali odumileyo ongumFrentshi kunye nombhali wenoveli u-Émile Zola wazalwa. Ungomnye weenkwenkwezi eziqaqambileyo eziye zakhanya esibhakabhakeni soncwadi lwehlabathi ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba, kwaye uthathwa njengovulindlela wemfundiso yendalo yoncwadi eFransi. Wasokola ukusasaza iimbono zakhe malunga nemfuneko yenoveli yokuxhomekeka kwingcinga yenzululwazi kunye nenkcazo echanekileyo yoluntu, njengoko wayeyithanda kakhulu inguqu kwezentlalo. wayengumFrentshi, kwaye uyise waseTaliyane wafa kwangethuba, ngoko unina wamkhulisa. UZola wayengengomfundi ubalaseleyo, njengoko wayenikel’ ingqalelo kuncwadi, imibongo nakwimidlalo yeqonga, ngaloo ndlela efumana imfundo manqaphanqapha. Emva koko waqalisa ukubhala iintsomi. Wayehlala eParis apho wabhala khona uninzi lweenoveli zakhe. Ngomnyaka we-1898 wapapasha inqaku kwiphephandaba laseParis i-L'Aurore elinesihloko esithi "J'accuse", ngokuvelana necala elidumileyo elithi "Dreyfus".