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| − | Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French [[aristocrat]] and [[author]] of heavily [[philosophical]] [[pornography]], as well as more traditional [[essays]] on [[philosophy]]. [[Sadism]], a [[paraphilia]] in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on | + | Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French [[aristocrat]] and [[author]] of heavily [[philosophical]] [[pornography]], as well as more traditional [[essays]] on [[philosophy]]. [[Sadism]], a [[paraphilia]] in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on others, is named after him. |
His books featured [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesque, [[violent]], and [[ritualistic]] sex. His more major works remain banned in many countries to the present day. | His books featured [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesque, [[violent]], and [[ritualistic]] sex. His more major works remain banned in many countries to the present day. | ||
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Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was an infamous French aristocrat and author of heavily philosophical pornography, as well as more traditional essays on philosophy. Sadism, a paraphilia in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on others, is named after him.
His books featured murder, torture, blasphemy and grotesque, violent, and ritualistic sex. His more major works remain banned in many countries to the present day.
Perhaps his most notorious book, The 120 Days of Sodom was written by the Marquis whilst imprisoned in the Bastille, where he witnessed daily executions from his window during the Reign of Terror. The last years of his life were spent in an insane asylum, though the reasons for this vary depending on the source. His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later film) Marat/Sade.
His work was largely banned in the USA until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1950s and 1960s.