bio notes:
born: 5/26/1822
died: 7/16/1896
born as: Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt

French brothers, writers, and constant collaborators who contributed solidly to the naturalistic novel, social history, and art critism. Above all, they are remembered for their perceptive, revealing Journal and for Edmond's legacy, and Academie Goncourt, which annually awards the Prix Gongourt to the author of an outstanding work of French literature. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature