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Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade ( French: [dɔnasjɛ̃ alfɔ̃z fʁɑ̃swa maʁki də sad]; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy and pornography.
May 29, 2024 · Marquis de Sade (born June 2, 1740, Paris, France—died December 2, 1814, Charenton, near Paris) was a French nobleman whose perverse sexual preferences and erotic writings gave rise to the term sadism. His best-known work is the novel Justine (1791). Heritage and youth.
The lurid works of Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, who lived from 1740 to 1814 and died in a mental asylum, were banned in France until 1957, and the diabolical aura around his...
Nov 1, 2016 · The Marquis de Sade’s earliest work of fiction, The 120 Days of Sodom, is also his most extreme. It tells the story of four libertines – a duke, a bishop, a judge and a banker – who...
The 120 Days of Sodom, or the School of Libertinage (French: Les 120 Journées de Sodome ou l'école du libertinage) is an unfinished novel by the French writer and nobleman Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, written in 1785 and published in 1904 after its manuscript was rediscovered.
Sep 24, 2020 · During his lifetime, Sade was found guilty of sodomy, rape, torturing the 36-year-old beggar woman Rose Keller, imprisoning six children in his chateau at Lacoste, and...
Aug 9, 2023 · Marquis de Sade, a French aristocrat, philosopher and writer of explicit sexual works, was born in Paris in 1740. His writings depict violence, criminality and blasphemy against...
Sep 28, 2018 · The Marquis de Sade (born Donatien Alphonse François de Sade; June 2, 1740—December 2, 1814) was infamous for his sexually charged writings, his revolutionary politics, and his life as one of France’s most notorious libertines.
Oct 6, 2014 · He was an aristocrat, but also a hard-left figure and delegate to the National Convention during the French Revolution who renounced his title during the Reign of...
Marquis de Sade, orig. Donatien-Alphonse-François, count de Sade, (born June 2, 1740, Paris, France—died Dec. 2, 1814, Charenton, near Paris), French novelist and philosopher. After abandoning a military career at the end of the Seven Years’ War, he married and became involved in a life of debauchery and outrageous scandal with prostitutes ...
