François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (8 September 1718, Paris – 8 November 1805) was a French writer and dramatist.

[edit] Life

A practitioner of the roman noir. His series of novellas Les Épreuves du sentiment inspired Bellini's opera Adelson e Salvini.

[edit] Works

• Les Amants malheureux, ou le comte de Comminges (1764)
• Les Épreuves du sentiment (1772-80)
• Nouvelles Historique (1774-84)
• Lorimon, ou l'homme tel qu'il est (1803)

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