Auguste Arnould, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Arnould

French writer

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1803

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1854

Profession: poet, playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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. 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.