Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834)

Antoine Vincent Arnault

Antoine Vincent Arnault was a French playwright, fable poet and statesman.

Arnault was one of the most popular playwrights of the French Revolution and the First Empire and, like many writers of the time, he was also politically active. He carried out commissions for Napoleon Bonaparte and served him faithfully throughout his life.

Arnault wrote many plays and poems, among which his poem "Listok" about the fate of the emigrant was especially popular, it was repeatedly translated into different languages, including Russian.

His son was the playwright Lucien Arnault (1787-1863).