Sten·dhal 
(stĕn-däl, stăn-, stäɴ-) Pen name of Marie Henri Beyle. 1783-1842.
(stĕn-däl, stăn-, stäɴ-) Pen name of Marie Henri Beyle. 1783-1842. French writer who influenced the development of the modern novel with his psychologically penetrating romances, such as The Red and the Black (1830).