Bénédict-Henry Révoil

Born in Aix-en-Provence on December 16, 1816, and later dying in Paris on June 13, 1882, Bénédict-Henry Révoil was a French novelist, dramatist, and traveler. French reference sources describe him as both a man of letters and a traveler, and his career moved easily between fiction, theater, and travel writing.

Révoil is especially remembered for writing books shaped by North America. Reference works note that he spent about nine years in the United States, an experience that supplied material for many of his best-known works. That background helps explain the recurring presence of wilderness travel, hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure in his writing.

His bibliography is wide-ranging, from novels and dramatic works to travel and sporting books, including titles connected with North America and more general adventure literature. For modern listeners, he stands out as a 19th-century author who wrote with energy, movement, and a clear appetite for distant places.