Élie Berthet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Élie Berthet

French writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1815

Place of Birth: Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1891

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Élie Berthet (8 June 1815 - 3 February 1891) was a French novelist. Berthet was born in Limoges.
A most prolific writer, he wrote more than 100 novels about Paris, criminal affairs, the prehistoric world, and other subjects.
His Les Houilleurs de Polignies is reported to have been one of the inspirations for Zola's Germinal.
He died, aged 75, in Paris.