Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917) was a French writer. His most famous novels are Le Jardin des supplices (in English: The Torture Garden) (1899) and Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (in English: Diary of a Chambermaid) (1900). His best known comedy is Les affaires sont les affaires (in English: Business is business) (1903).