Honoré de BalzacBal·zac, Hon·o·ré de /ˈbælzæk $ ˈbɔːl-, ˈɒnəreɪ də $ ˌɑːnəˈreɪ-/ (1799–1850) a French writer who wrote about French society, and is famous for his set of novels called La Comédie Humaine which includes the books Le Père Goriot and Eugénie Grandet