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A Short Biography of Marquis de Sade

Author Name:

Marquis de Sade

Born As:

Donatien Alphonse-François de Sade

Other Names:

Marquis de Sade

Born:

2 Jun 1740

Died:

2 Dec 1814




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Writer of philosophy                          
                                              
Mother Marie-Eléonore de Maillé de Carman
Father Comte Jean-Bastiste François Joseph de Sade                                              
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, 2 years in a fortress, a year in Madelonnettes, 3 years in Bicêtre, a year in Sainte-Pélagie, 13 years in the Charenton insane asylum - much of his writing was done during his imprisonment. The term "sadism" is derived from his name.                                              
Donatien’s philosophy was often laden with violent pornography.