Sully Prudhomme

Prudhomme’s calling card with lengthy inscription. It is initialled by him on the reverse.

SULLY PRUDHOMME (1839 – 1907)

French Poet

Prudhomme was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded in 1901.

Alphonse Daudet

Daudet’s calling card signed and inscribed by him.

ALPHONSE DAUDET (1840 – 1897)

French Novelist

Daudet was a famous 19th Century author who wrote short stories (‘Letters from my Windmill’) novels (‘Fromont and Risler’) and non-fiction (‘In the Land of Pain’).

Emile Zola

Zola’s calling card with envelope. The inscription and address are written in his hand.

EMILE ZOLA (1840 – 1902)

French Novelist and Playwright

Zola is one of France’s greatest authors. He wrote such famous works as Nana (1880), Germinal (1885) and L’Assommoir (1877).