French Passions: Alain de Botton on Stendhal

Swissborn author Alain de Botton is much more into Stendhals nonfiction than into his novels. In 2011, he came to the Institut français du RoyaumeUni to discuss Stendhal s life and writing, explaining how the 19th century French author had influenced his work and encouraged him to become a writer. Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969, Alain de Botton now lives in London, where he regularly writes for the British press.