Jules Renard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1864

Place of Birth: Châlons-du-Maine, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 22-May-1910

Profession: writer, playwright, aphorist, literary critic, novelist, diarist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Pierre-Jules Renard ([pj??.?yl ??.na?]; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories, 1896).
Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking, 1898) and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne (A Week in the Country, 1912).