Stendhal was born in Grenoble, Isère, France. He was born as Marie-Henri Beyle and took the pseudonym Stendhal later in his life. Stendhal was a French writer who is best known for his novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. He is considered one of the pioneers of realism in literature.
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