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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné: Quick Facts

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Born February 5, 1626 • Paris • France
Died April 17, 1696 (aged 70) • France
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet
French author
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author
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Maurice de Guérin
French poet
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Julie de Lespinasse
French writer
Louise Colet, lithograph by Grégoire et Deneux
Louise Colet
French writer
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Charles Du Bos
French critic
Louise Bogan, 1967
Louise Bogan
American poet and literary critic
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Maurice Druon
French author
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Émile Erckmann
French author
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Jean Tharaud
French writer
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Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
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Louis-Alexandre Chatrian
French author
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Edmond Goncourt
French author
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Jules Goncourt
French author
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
Portrait painting of French dramatist Moliere, shown with long curly hair, a mustache, and wearing a richly detailed robe, by Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse after Pierre Mignard.
Molière
French dramatist
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
Engraved portrait of Michel de Montaigne wearing a ruffled collar and ornate Renaissance clothing, facing forward with a neutral expression.
Michel de Montaigne
French writer and philosopher