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Marquis de Sade

Writing

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Movies: 32Series: 2Crew credits: 33

TMDB ID: 100327

IMDb ID: nm0211381

Known for: Writing

Born: June 2, 1740

Died: December 2, 1814

Age: 74

Place of birth: Paris, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1930 - 2023

Years active: 94

Average TMDB rating: 5.88

Wikidata: Q123867

Also known as

Marquis de Sade • Marquês de Sade • Marqués de Sade • Marchese de Sade • Markies de Sade • Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

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Novel (26)Original Story (3)Characters (2)Book (1)Original Concept (1)

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Biography

Born a rich nobleman, Marquis being his title rather than his birth name, De Sade gradually became a decadent libertine among the French society of Louis XVI. A liberally educated iconoclast, he wrote prose and verse, and specialized in testing the limits of decency, breaking taboos and shocking the aristocracy, often with sordid details drawn from real life. He was thought to have committed much of the perversions and debauchery he had written about. He was incarcerated in an asylum shortly before the French Revolution. After a decade of feverish creativity, he willingly gave up writing and lived his remaining years in uneventful calm.