Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle. His works include novels, short stories, plays, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name, while others appeared anonymously and Sade denied being their author. He is best known for his erotic novels, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting bizarre sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, criminality, and blasphemy against the Catholic Church. He was a proponent of extreme freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion or law.
Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and in an insane asylum for about 32 years of his life; eleven years in Paris (10 of which were spent in the Bastille) a month in Conciergerie, two years in a fortress, a year in Madelonnettes, three years in Bicêtre, a year in Sainte-Pélagie, and 13 years in the Charenton asylum. Many of his works were written in prison. The term "sadism" is derived from his name.
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French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
Born | 2 June 1740 |
Died | 2 December 1814 |
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French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
Born | 2 June 1740 |
Died | 2 December 1814 |
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Fiction, Translations into English, Correspondence, Fiction, erotica, general, French Authors, French Erotic stories, French Erotic literature, Sex customs, Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Atheism, France, fiction, Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814, Criticism and interpretation, Erotic stories, Fiction, erotica, History and criticism, Social life and customs, Biography, Diaries, French fiction, French literature, History, Literary collectionsPeople
Sade marquis de (1740-1814), Sade marquise de (1741-1810), Anne-Prospère de Launay, Aylmer, Father Time, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715-1794), Georgiana, Isabella Queen, consort of Charles VI, King of France (1370-1435), Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793), Marie-Dorothée de Rousset, Peter Weiss (1916-1982), Sade, Sade familyID Numbers
- OLID: OL2660296A
- ISNI: 0000000084961458
- VIAF: 56615966
- Wikidata: Q123867
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q123867
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