Stendhal,

Stendhal, or Marie - Henri Beyle (1783 - 1842), French novelist and literary critic, was born in Grenoble, France. He is best - known for his novels Le rouge et le noir (1830), La chartreuse de Parme (1839), and Lucien Leuwen (1855). Some of his other works include Souvenirs d'égotisme (1892), La vie d'Henri Brulard (1890), Racine et Shakespeare (1823), De l'amour (1822), and Armance (1827). Stendhal influenced many German and French writers and intellectuals with his ideas literary criticism. ;

Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen-name Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. He is known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology and unique plots. He is considered as one of the earliest practitioners of the realistic form.;