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Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French aristocrat and author.
His books are obscene to a degree that is unparallelled even in modern literature. Typically featuring [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesquely perverse sex scenes, they remain banned in many countries to the present day.
His most notorious book, The [[120 Days of Sodom]] was written by de Sade whilst he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in a [[lunatic asylum]], though this may have been to avoid his mother-in-law, who, scandalised by his behaviour, had obtained a royal order for his arrest and indefinite detention; this has been dramatised in the play [[Marat/Sade]].
The mental disorder known as [[Sadism]], whose sufferers derive [[pleasure]] from the [[pain]] of others, is named after him.
His books are obscene to a degree that is unparallelled even in modern literature. Typically featuring [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesquely perverse sex scenes, they remain banned in many countries to the present day.
His most notorious book, The [[120 Days of Sodom]] was written by de Sade whilst he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in a [[lunatic asylum]], though this may have been to avoid his mother-in-law, who, scandalised by his behaviour, had obtained a royal order for his arrest and indefinite detention; this has been dramatised in the play [[Marat/Sade]].
The mental disorder known as [[Sadism]], whose sufferers derive [[pleasure]] from the [[pain]] of others, is named after him.