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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

1741 - 1803

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Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos (French: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃bʁwaz fʁɑ̃swa ʃɔdɛʁlo də laklo]; 18 October 1741 – 5 September 1803) was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) (1782). A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis de Sade or Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne. He was a military officer with no illusions about human relations, and an amateur writer; however, his initial plan was to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death"; from this point of view he mostly attained his goals with the fame of his masterwork Les Liaisons dangereuses. It is one of the masterpieces of novelistic literature of the 18th century, which explores the amorous intrigues of the aristocracy. Read more on Wikipedia

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

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 writers, 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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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 WRITERS In France

Among writers 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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