Jules Renard (1864–1910) was a French author and a member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top) and Histoires naturelles (Nature Stories). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking) and Huit jours à la campagne (Eight Days in the Countryside). His Journal was published in the United States in 2008.
