François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud | |
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Grave at the Père Lachaise cemetory.
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Born | 15 September 1718 Paris |
Died | 6 November 1805 Paris |
(aged 87)
Other names | Playwright, poet |
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (8 September 1718 – 8 November 1805) was a French writer and dramatist. A practitioner of the roman noir. His series of novellas Les Épreuves du sentiment inspired Bellini's opera Adelson e Salvini.