Jules Renard

Jules Renard
BornPierre-Jules Renard
(1864-02-22)22 February 1864
Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France
Died22 May 1910(1910-05-22) (aged 46)
Paris, France
OccupationAuthor
Spouse
Marie Morneau
(m. 1888)

Pierre-Jules Renard (pronounced [pjɛʁ ʒyl ʁənaʁ]; 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 (Eight Days in the Country, 1912).