Emmanuel Gonzalès (25 October 1815 – 17 October 1887) was a 19th-century French

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ist and playwright. Gonzalès wrote the novel ''Frères de la côte'', which impressed

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in his childhood, following the praise he made of its author on the occasion of the inauguration of a bust in his memory 25 October 1891. The ceremony was organized by the

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, of which Gonzalès had been president from

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. Zola knew him personally through

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. Emmanuel Gonzales's daughter, Eva Gonzalès, entered Manet’s studio and became his only student, also serving as a model for his famous painting: ''Eva Gonzalès peignant dans l'atelier de Manet'' (1870).

Main works

*1838: ''Les Mémoires d'un ange'' *1841: ''Le Livre d'amour'' *1844: ''Les Frères de la côte'' *1849: ''Le Pêcheur de perles'' *1851: ''Le Vengeur du mari'' *1853: ''Le Chasseur d'hommes'' *1854: ''La Fille de l'aveugle'' *1856: ''Esau le lèpreux'' (Chroniques du temps de Duguesclin) *1857: ''Les Chercheurs d'or'' *1857: ''La Princesse russe'' *1860: ''Mes jardins de Monaco'' *1862: ''La Maîtresse du proscrit'' *1863: ''L'hôtesse du Connétable'' *1865: ''Les Proscrits de Sicile'' *1876: ''Les Danseuses du Caucase''. *1877:''La Servante du diable'' *1866: ''Les Sabotiers de la Forêt Noire'' *1880: ''L'Épée de Suzanne'' * 1887: ''Rosario'', (Short story in the collectif DENTU ''Pique-Nique'') 19th-century French male writers 19th-century French novelists 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights People from Saintes, Charente-Maritime 1815 births 1887 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery French male novelists French male dramatists and playwrights {{France-playwright-stub