Marquis de Sade: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Donatien-Alphonse-François, Count de Sade
Born	June 2, 1740 • Paris • France
Died	December 2, 1814 (aged 74) • France
Notable Works	“120 Days of Sodom” • “A Dialogue Between a Tutor and His Pupil” • “Justine”
Movement / Style	eroticism

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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.

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Honoré de Balzac daguerreotype, 1848

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