Sadism...

Marquis de Sade

FRENCH AUTHOR

WRITTEN BY: 

• Maurice Nadeau

LAST UPDATED: May 29, 2019 See Article History

 Donatien-Alphonse-François, Count de Sade

Marquis de Sade, byname of Donatien-Alphonse-François, Comte de Sade, (born June 2, 1740, Paris, France—died December 2, 1814, Charenton, near Paris), French nobleman whose perverse sexual preferences and erotic writings gave rise to the term sadism. His best-known work is the novelJustine (1791).