Marquis de Sade
Writing
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.
Known for
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movieJustine
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Novel
movieJustine
2016
Novel
movieLunacy
2005
Novel
movieQuills
2000
Novel
movieAnal Palace
1995
Novel
movieRavissement
1991
Novel
movieArietta
1989
Original Story
movieMarquis
1989
Original Concept
tvSoftly from Paris
1986
Original Story
movieToo Naughty to Say No
1985
Characters
movieErotic Symphony
1980
Original Story
movieJustine
1976
Novel
movieDe mes amours décomposées
1970
Characters
Les filous
1967
Original Story
movieL'Âge d'or
1930
Novel
