Marquis de Sade (Donatien de Sade) was born into an aristocratic Provençal family in 1740. A sexual libertine, revolutionary politician and writer, he is best known for his scandalous works ...

T he Marquis de Sade’s rehabilitation was all but complete last month. Paris marked the 200th anniversary of the author’s death, which occurred on December 2, 1814.

“The Curse of the Marquis de Sade” is nevertheless more demure than one might expect. Warner’s narrative tracks the scroll across centuries but never really delves into its content.

The Marquis de Sade, one of the most infamous names in all of writing, was an 18th century French aristocrat, a man known for debauchery and evading authorities, ...

The Marquis de Sade, who was born in 1740 and died in 1814, was a passionate gourmet, and especially loved baked apples and vanilla custards for dessert. He also fancied Provençal delicacies such ...

The Marquis de Sade, 18th Century Pop Star / 'Quills' draws comparisons to modern rock operas. By Wesley Morris, Chronicle Movie Critic Dec 10, 2000.

In 1995, Doug Wright wrote "Quills" for the stage and won an Obie for it. It was a brainy piece of Grand Guignol about the Marquis de Sade's stay at the Charenton insane asylum.

AT HOME WITH THE MARQUIS DE SADE By Francine du Plessix Gray Simon & Schuster, 491 pages, $27.50 By family tradition and inheritance, Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) should ...

Depraved: How the Marquis de Sade still reigns as the patron saint of sadomasochism on screen. As de Sade’s former chateau in Provence – now a luxury hotel – flings open its doors to offer ...

The Marquis de Sade’s earliest work of fiction, The 120 Days of Sodom, is also his most extreme. It tells the story of four libertines – a duke, a bishop, a judge and a banker ...