?Because the strong grow, exercise, and succeed in suffering; while the weak give up on themselves in suffering and are beyond redemption.

Suffering is an abyss to the weak, but a stepping stone to the strong. -----Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850), French novelist, known as "modern France" "The Father of Novel", was born in a middle-class family in the city of Tours in central France. He entered law school in 1816. After graduation, he ignored the opposition of his parents and resolutely embarked on the path of literary creation. However, his first work, the five-act poetic tragedy "Clen" Will" was a complete failure. Then he collaborated with others to create comic novels and supernatural novels. He once gave up writing to engage in business and business, and published a series of classics, all of which failed. The failure of business and enterprise caused him to be deeply in debt and hindered his life, but it also laid a solid foundation for his future creation. In 1829, he published the novel "The Zhu'an Party", which took the first step in realist creation. In 1831, "The Story of a Donkey Skin" was published, which made him famous. In 1834, he completed the work on "Petro Goriot", which is also one of Balzac's best works. He wanted to make himself the Napoleon of literature. In the 1930s and 1940s, he created a large number of works with amazing perseverance. He created a lot of works in his life, wrote 91 novels, and created 2,472 lifelike characters. image, collectively known as "Human Comedy". "The Human Comedy" is known as "the encyclopedia of capitalist society". However, due to his early debts and the hardships of writing, he finally died of overwork on August 18, 1850.

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In 1883, the Association of French Writers commemorated Balzac’s great contributions to French literature and thanked him for protecting the rights of literary creators and promoting The active efforts made by the establishment of the Literary Writers Association decided to finance the carving of a commemorative statue for him. The first sculptor failed to complete the task and died in 1891. Later Rodin was chosen to inherit this important task. During the seven-year work, Rodin changed his ideas many times, and finally decided on an expression that he believed best represented Balzac's characteristics: head raised to the sky, hair disheveled, and the body slightly wrapped in a loose nightgown. Lean back.

Balzac was a great French critical realist writer in the 19th century, the founder and outstanding representative of European critical realist literature. He was a great writer with a strong romantic sentiment. While heavily in debt, he created profound literary masterpieces with lofty and profound thoughts. There are endless interesting stories about his life, and his works are praised as "a mirror of French society". When he passed away, the literary master Victor Hugo once stood in the drizzle in Paris, France, facing thousands of mourners and made an impassioned comment: “Among the greatest figures, Balzac is the best; Among the outstanding figures, Balzac is one of the best."

Balzac has established an immortal monument in the history of world literature with his own creations.