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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

1741 - 1803

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Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos (* 18. Oktober 1741 in Amiens; † 5. September 1803 in Tarent) war ein französischer Offizier und Schriftsteller. Laclos, wie er in der Literaturgeschichte schlicht heißt, verdankt seinen Ruhm einem einzigen Buch, dem Briefroman Gefährliche Liebschaften (Originaltitel: Les Liaisons dangereuses) von 1782, der als einer der besten französischen Romane des 18. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Pierre Choderlos de Laclos is the 610th most popular schriftsteller (down from 545th in 2024), the 729th most popular biography from France (down from 638th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular French Schriftsteller.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos is most famous for writing Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a novel about a woman who seduces a man and his best friend.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ranks 610 out of 7,302. Before him are Ausonius, Lion Feuchtwanger, Bert Hellinger, Ellen G. White, Dino Buzzati, and Titus Pomponius Atticus. After him are Ludwig Tieck, Sei Shōnagon, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Amin Maalouf, Aulus Gellius, and Harold Pinter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ranks 7. Before him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Peter Simon Pallas, Princess Isabella of Parma, Angelica Kauffman, André Grétry, and Henry Fuseli. After him are Emperor Momozono, Benedict Arnold, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Andrea Luchesi, and Nicolas Chamfort. Among people deceased in 1803, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ranks 3. Before him are Johann Gottfried Herder, and Toussaint Louverture. After him are Louis I of Etruria, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Cardinal de Rohan, Vittorio Alfieri, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Ami Argand.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ranks 729 out of 6,770. Before him are Sebastian Brant (1458), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Raymond Aron (1905), Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), René Coty (1882), and Édouard Stephan (1837). After him are Michèle Mercier (1939), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), François Guizot (1787), and Félix Faure (1841).

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Among Schriftstellers In France

Among schriftstellers born in France, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos ranks 102. Before him are Gaston Leroux (1868), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Ausonius (310). After him are Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Louise de La Vallière (1644), Raymond Queneau (1903), Madame Roland (1754), Bernard Gui (1261), and Maurice Blanchot (1907).

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