Guy de Maupassant wrote short stories, novels, travel accounts and poetry.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
François Élie Jules Lemaître was a French critic and dramatist.
Jean Lorrain, born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school.
François Edouard Joachim Coppée was a French poet and novelist.
Paul Armand Silvestre was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris.
Sibylle Aimée Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de Riquetti de Mirabeau, Comtesse de Martel de Janville was a French writer who wrote under the pseudonym Gyp.
Oscar Méténier was a French playwright and novelist. In 1897 he founded Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris, planning it as a space for naturalist performance.
Marguerite Ugalde (1862–1940) was a French mezzo-soprano. She was the daughter of the singer and theatre manager Delphine Ugalde.
Émile Bergerat was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué, Caliban and Ariel. A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine opposite his flat bears his name.
Jean-Louis Dubut de Laforest was a French author. He was a prolific writer, and published many novels on topics that were considered daring for the times, some of which were serialized in the press.
"Diary of a Madman" is a short story by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885.
"Le Baptême" is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant. The story was published in 1885.
Alexandre Hepp was a 19th–20th-century French novelist, journalist and drama critic.
Paul Ginisty was a French writer, columnist and journalist.
Georges Duval was a French journalist and playwright.
Alexis Bouvier was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright.
Édouard Cadol was a 19th-century French playwright and novelist.
Stella Blandy was a French writer and a committed feminist. A contributor to the literary journals Revue contemporaine and Revue des deux mondes, she wrote novels and essays, and also translated English and Italian works into French. Blandy died in 1925.
Joséphine Colomb was a 19th-century French children's writer, lyricist, and translator who signed her works, Mme J. Colomb or Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb. She was a recipient of the Montyon Prize (1875) for La fille de Carilès. In 1893, she was a recipient of the Jules-Favre Prize. Colomb died in 1892.