French writer (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

emile zola

(Other definitions for emile zola that I've seen before include ""Nana" author" , "Wrote J'Accuse in defence of Alfred Dreyfus" , "novelist" , "French author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate and The Telegraph.

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