Who wrote the novel “Arcadia”?

Sir Philip Sidney wrote the novel “Arcadia”.

Sir Philip Sidney was born in 1554 and died in 1586, Arnhem, Netherlands.
- He was the Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day.

His famous work:
- Astrophel and Stella,
- The Lady of May
- An Apology for Poetry.

Source: An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman and Britannica