Occupation Poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist Spouse Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy Books The Man in the Iron Mask: A Drama in Five Acts Similar | ||
Auguste Jean François Arnould (29 April 1803 – 8 March 1854) was a French poet, playwright, historian, novelist and essayist of the first half of the 19th century.
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He first studied law to become a lawyer but did not feel the vocation and preferred to devote himself to literature.
His plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Comédie-Française etc.
Married to the actress Jeanne Sylvanie Arnould-Plessy of the Comédie française, He died in Saint Petersburg, where he had accompanied her on a tour.
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