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Marquis de Sade
AuthorBooks · Second hand1740-1814
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. Some of these were published under his own name during his lifetime, but most appeared anonymously or posthumously.
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About Marquis de Sade
Birth
1740
Death
1814
First book
1791
Years writing
235
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. Some of these were published under his own name during his lifetime, but most appeared anonymously or posthumously.
The Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat whose work challenged all the moral and religious conventions of his time.
His literary output combines philosophical discourse with erotic fiction, exploring the limits of human freedom.
Throughout his life, Sade published some of his works under pseudonyms and even denied authorship of several of his most provocative texts.
He spent nearly 32 years of his life incarcerated or confined in psychiatric institutions due to his lifestyle and writings.
Fundamental works such as The 120 Days of Sodom and Justine remain key references in Gothic and philosophical literature.
