Also known as Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Comte de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
The Marquis de Sade was an 18th-century French nobleman who became known for writing explicit sexual material while also participating in the French Revolution and developing philosophical ideas. His work has remained controversial and influential in discussions about sexuality, freedom of expression, and the limits of literature, making him a significant—if polarizing—figure in cultural history.
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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…
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Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (/sɑːd, sæd/ SA(H)D; French: [dɔnasjɛ̃ alfɔ̃s fʁɑ̃swa maʁki də sad]; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. Some of these were published under his own name during his lifetime, but most appeared anonymously or posthumously.
Born into a noble family dating back to the 13th century, Sade served as an officer in the Seven Years' War before a series of sex scandals led to his detention in various prisons and insane asylums for most of his adult life. During his first extended imprisonment from 1777 to 1790, he wrote a series of novels and other works, some of which his wife smuggled out of prison. On his release during the French Revolution, he pursued a literary career and became politically active, first as a constitutional monarchist then as a radical republican. During the Reign of Terror, he was imprisoned for moderatism and narrowly escaped the guillotine. He was re-arrested in 1801 for his pornographic novels and was eventually incarcerated in the Charenton insane asylum, where he died in 1814.
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There are 2 bands called Marquis de Sade. One was a short-lived French new wave/post-punk band, formed in Rennes, France in 1977. They released two albums, "Dantzig Twist" in 1979 and "Rue de Siam" in 1981. They disbanded after their last concert on April 1981. Lineup: Philippe Pascal - lyrics and vocals Frank Darcel - guitars Thierry Alexandre - bass Eric Morinière - drums Anzia - guitars Another was a British NWOBHM band, who released the "Somewhere Up in the Mountains" 7" in 1981. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marquis+De+Sade">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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