Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

French novelist, official and army general

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1741

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1803

Profession: writer, military officer, inventor, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos (French: [pj?? ?~b?waz f??~swa ??d??lo d? 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-Edme Rétif.
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.
It has inspired many critical and analytic commentaries, plays and films.



Alternative names	Alexander Kucharski, Alexandre Couaski
Description	Polish-Russian painter
Date of birth/death	18 March 1741	5 November 1819
Location of birth/death	Warsaw	Paris
Work location	Paris, Warsaw
Authority control	: Q302693 VIAF: 66735319 ISNI: 0000 0000 6663 6096 ULAN: 500028228 LCCN: nb2007019515 WGA: KUCHARSKI, Aleksander WorldCat