Benjamin Constant:
1767-1830
French-Swiss novelist and political writer. He had a tumultuous 12-year relationship with Germaine de Staƫl, whose views influenced him to support the French Revolution and subsequently to oppose Napoleon, for which he was exiled (1803 C 14). He later served in the Chamber of Deputies (1819 C 30). Adolphe (1816) was a forerunner of the modern psychological novel. . Related Artists to Benjamin Constant : | John Douglas Woodward | KONINCK, Salomon | Hans von Aachen | Ghasiram Hardev Sharma | Thomas Butler |