Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

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 tabboos 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: Writing
Known Credits: 25
Gender : Male
Birthday : 1740-06-02
Day of Death: 1814-12-02
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Also Known As: Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Sade, Marquês de Sade, Marqués de Sade, Marchese de Sade, Markies de Sade