Henri Beyle, a.k.a. Stendhal

Henri Beyle was born in Grenoble, French Alps, on January 23, 1783. He was a cousin of Pierre-Antoine Daru, one of Napoleon's ministers.

He followed the French Army to Italy, Germany, then Austria and Russia.

He became a famous novelist after the fall of the French Empire: Armance, Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black), Lucien Leuwen, La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma).

Stendhal died in Paris on March 22, 1841, and was buried   at Montmartre Cemetery.

In 1942, the French Postal Service released a 4.00 Franc stamp bearing the image of Stendhal  .