Mononymous person break with his past. The new name combined several features. It was an anagram for a Latinized version of his family surname, "Arouet, l[e] j[eune]"; it reversed the syllables of the name of a family "château", Airvault; and it has implications of speed and daring through similarity to French expressions such as "voltige", "volte-face" and "volatile". "Arouet" would not have served the purpose, given that name's associations with "roué" and with an expression that meant "for thrashing". The 19th-century French author Marie-Henri Beyle used many pen names, most famously the mononym Stendhal, adapted from the name of the little Prussian
Fran Brill Fran Brill Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on "Sesame Street" as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film "Being There" (1979) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film "What About Bob?" (1991). Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. She began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1969 play "Red, White and Maddox". Her other