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1783 – 1842Stendhal (1783-1842)Died 23 March 1842, aged 59French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle, known as Stendhal, wrote The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. He is known for the psychological realism of his novels. He collapsed on a street in Paris and died the next day.