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Portrait image of Voltaire Painting by Nicolas de Largillière (detail)

Voltaire

Country/Region:
France
Born:
November 21, 1694
Dead:
May 30, 1778
Genres:
Drama, Poetry, Miscellaneous prose
French author, the son of a notary, born as François-Marie Arouet in Paris. When Voltaire was ten years old, he was admitted to the famous Jesuit Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, and although Voltaire did study law briefly he decided to become an author early on in life.

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