Editing Émile Zola (section)

==In popular culture==
* ''[[The Life of Émile Zola]]'' (1937) is a well-received film biography, starring [[Paul Muni]], which devotes significant footage to Zola's involvement in exonerating Dreyfus. The film won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Academy Award for Outstanding Production]].
* [[Giannis Argyris]] played the role of Zola in the [[Cinema of Greece|Greek]] melodrama ''{{Lang|el|Είμαι αθώος}}'' (translitteration: Ime Athoos, "I am innocent", 1960) directed by [[Dinos Katsouridis]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Katsouridis |first=Dinos |title=Eimai athoos |date=1960-12-03 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204294/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_0_in_0_q_%25CE%2595%25CE%25AF%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B1%25CE%25B9%2520%25CE%25B1%25CE%25B8%25 |access-date=2025-02-23 |others=Dimitris Myrat, Voula Zouboulaki, Alekos Alexandrakis |publisher=Finos Film}}</ref>
* Zola is known to have been an inspiration to [[Christopher Hitchens]] as found in his book ''[[Letters to a Young Contrarian]]'' (2001).<ref>Hitchens, Christopher (2001). Letters to a young contrarian. Basic Books. p. xiii. {{ISBN|9780465030323}}.</ref>
* The 2012 [[BBC]] TV series ''[[The Paradise (TV series)|The Paradise]]'' is based on Zola's 1883 novel ''[[Au Bonheur des Dames]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stellar cast announced for Bill Gallagher's glittering new BBC One drama series The Paradise |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/the-paradise.html |work=BBC Media Centre |publisher=BBC|access-date=26 September 2012 |date=17 May 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Cézanne and I|Cézanne et Moi]]'' (2016) is a French film, directed by [[Danièle Thompson]], that explores the friendship between Zola and the [[Post-Impressionism|Post-Impressionist]] painter [[Paul Cézanne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/movies/cezanne-et-moi-review.html |title=Review: In 'Cézanne et Moi,' Zola and the Artist Are Pals. However ... |first=Stephen |last=Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=C8 |date=29 March 2017}}</ref>