Pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle, French author of novels Armance and The Charterhouse of Parma (8)
I believe the answer is:
stendhal
(Other definitions for stendhal that I've seen before include "Writer" , "French author (The Charterhouse of Parma)" , "French novelist (The Charterhouse of Parma)" , "Le rouge et le Noir author" .)