Georges Ohnet

Born in Paris on April 3, 1848, Georges Ohnet was a French journalist, playwright, and novelist. He studied at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and Lycée Napoléon, then worked as an editor for the newspapers Le Pays and Le Constitutionnel after the Franco-Prussian War.

Ohnet became famous for his series Les Batailles de la vie (“The Battles of Life”), which included Serge Panine, The Ironmaster, The Great Marnière, Volonté, and Dernier Amour. Although critics often dismissed his idealistic, conventional style, his novels were extremely popular and many were adapted for the theater. He died in Paris on May 5, 1918.