Possible Clues:

• “J’Accuse...!” writer
• ''J'Accuse . . .'' writer
• "J'Accuse...!" author Emile
• Controversial South African / British athlete who competed at the 1984 Olympics
• "Nana" novelist Emile
• Contemporary of de Maupassant
• Cross Cajun writer?
• French novelist, defender of Dreyfus, d. 1902
• French writer ƒmile
• Beginning and ending of original article by unknown writer